The exclusionof something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it.
This paves the way for the exclusion of all but emergency care. [+ of]
Certain exclusions and limitations apply.
2. uncountable noun [usually with poss]
Exclusion is the act of preventing someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity.
...women's exclusion from political power. [+ from]
3.
See to the exclusion of
More Synonyms of exclusion
exclusion in British English
(ɪkˈskluːʒən)
noun
the act or an instance of excluding or the state of being excluded
Derived forms
exclusionary (exˈclusionary)
adjective
exclusion in American English
(ɛksˈkluʒən; ɪksˈkluʒən)
noun
1.
an excluding or being excluded
2.
a thing excluded
Idioms:
to the exclusion of
Derived forms
exclusionary (exˈclusionˌary)
adjective
Word origin
ME exclusioun < L exclusio < pp. of excludere
exclusion in Insurance
(ɪkskluʒən)
Word forms: (regular plural) exclusions
noun
(Insurance: Underwriting)
An exclusion is a clause in an insurance policy that excludes particular losses or risks.
The coverage is not suitable for all circumstances due to the exclusions within the policy.
Exclusions common to the boat owner's package policy are portable electronic photographic orwater sports equipment, or fishing gear.
An exclusion is a clause in an insurance policy that excludes particular losses or risks.
Examples of 'exclusion' in a sentence
exclusion
The thing that was occupying his mind to the exclusion of all else was an acute, unbearable pain in his right hand.
West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT (2002)
The thing that impressed me was her concentration on it to the exclusion of everything else, even to the exclusion of herself.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
For a long time, going home to Florence had been my one and only aim, preoccupying me to the exclusion of all else.
Harris, Elizabeth TIME OF THE WOLF (2002)
It's simply that when they are engrossed in professionalism, they find it absorbing to the exclusion of everything else.
various (2002)
In other languages
exclusion
British English: exclusion NOUN
The exclusion of something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it.
It calls for the exclusion of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan programme.
American English: exclusion
Brazilian Portuguese: exclusão
Chinese: 故意不用
European Spanish: exclusión
French: exclusion
German: Ausschluss
Italian: esclusione
Japanese: 除外
Korean: 배재
European Portuguese: exclusão
Latin American Spanish: exclusión
All related terms of 'exclusion'
exclusion order
a legal order preventing someone from going somewhere or having contact with someone
exclusion zone
An exclusion zone is an area where people are not allowed to go or where they are not allowed to do a particular thing, for example because it would be dangerous .
exclusion clause
(in a contract ) something that serves to limit liabilities
social exclusion
Social exclusion is the act of making certain groups of people within a society feel isolated and unimportant .
competitive exclusion
the dominance of one species over another when both are competing for the same resources , etc
exclusion principle
→ Pauli exclusion principle
to the exclusion of
If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
Pauli exclusion principle
the principle that two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state in a body such as an atom