ikˈsklüd, ek- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English excluden, from Latin excludere, from ex- ex- (I) + -cludere (from claudere to close) — more at close
1.
a. : to shut out : restrain or hinder the entrance of
immigrants must be screened to exclude the small fraction of undesirables
if you draw the blind it will exclude the glare
that high ridge tends to exclude the breezes
b. : to bar from participation, enjoyment, consideration, or inclusion
there was no need to exclude your brother from our talks
that request must be excluded from further consideration
c. : to prevent or refuse to tolerate the occurrence, use, or existence of
such words are excluded from polite conversation
true faith excludes all doubt
would exclude any oppressive measures no matter how expedient
2.
a. : to put out : expel especially from a place or position previously occupied
the executed queen's child was specifically excluded from the succession
b. : to eject especially in giving birth or hatching
as soon as the larva was excluded from the egg
Synonyms:
debar , blackball , eliminate , rule ( out ), shut ( out ), disbar , suspend : exclude is a general term for shutting out or preventing entrance or admission
exclude light from the rooms
exclude hospital visitors
minority groups who are excluded from some activities simply because their ancestors belonged to the less privileged classes in a time when social status was a matter of birth rather than ability — J.R.Everett
exclude these subjects from consideration
debar may suggest the effect of a bar, sometimes literal but usually figurative, in keeping from belonging or enjoying
the Blue mountains … presented a cruel, awful barrier to the earlier settlers, and for a long time debarred them from the land beyond — Anthony Trollope
that movement was condemned as heretical and its adherents were expelled from the Church and debarred from the communion — K.S.Latourette
dangerous and foolish talk — of a sort that should debar its author from further serious consideration by intelligent Americans — New Republic
blackball suggests exclusion from membership by adverse vote of those belonging
he was very nearly blackballed at a West End club of which his birth and social position fully entitled him to become a member — Oscar Wilde
eliminate indicates a discharging, casting out, or getting rid of something figuring as a constituent member or part or an included element
if children are eliminated from the statistics and only persons above the age of fifteen are taken into consideration — Morris Fishbein
it is always wise to eliminate the personal equation from our judgments of literature — J.R.Lowell
rule ( out ) indicates formal or authoritative exclusion or elimination
a play ruled out by the referee
candidacies ruled out by the election laws
the dean ruled out any special celebration
shut ( out ) may indicate an effective, forceful, or definitive exclusion
always shut out from public office
the purpose of cartels is to shut out newcomers to an industry unless the newcomers are willing to join in and be subjected to cartel arrangements — Wall Street Journal
disbar refers to the formal processes whereby a lawyer is prevented from further practice or to similar exclusions
the first proceeding in American history seeking to disbar an attorney for having invoked an historic constitutional privilege — New Republic
disbarred from further teaching
suspend applies to a temporary elimination or exclusion pending investigation of fitness, occurrence of new developments, or full consideration of the matter
suspended from the university for bad conduct