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preclusion Now rare.|prɪˈkluːʒən|
[ad. L. præclūsiōn-em, n. of action f. præclūdĕre: see prec. Cf. obs. F. préclusion (16th c. in Godef.).]
The action of precluding; shutting out, or preventing the entrance or occurrence of something; prevention by anticipatory measures.
1616T. Adams Politic Hunting Wks. 1861 I. 9 St. Augustine's preclusion of all star-predictions out of this place. 16..Donne Serm. (ed. Alford) IV. 467 Repentance of former, preclusion against future Sins. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 95 ⁋14 The extinction of parties, and the preclusion of debates. 1820Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1836) IV. 122 The preclusion of disturbance and indecorum in Christian assemblies. |