exclusion exclusion /ɪkˈskluː.ʒən/ noun [C or U]
1 F0 the act of not allowing someone or something to take part in an activity or to enter a place: » her exclusion from the list of Oscar nominees» the exclusion of disruptive students from schoolThesaurus+: ↑ExcludingThesaurus+: ↑Not going to schoolto the exclusion of2 F0 If you do something to the exclusion of something else, you do it so much that you do not have time for the other thing. Thesaurus+: ↑Excluding |