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exclusion - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball*, blockade, boycott, cut, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, occlusion, omission, ostracism, prevention, prohibition, refusal, rejection, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto, coventry, debarment, debarring, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, ousting, preclusion, proscription, relegation |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile (seclusion) [more]; noninclusion, preclusion, prohibition., separation, segregation, seposition, elimination, expulsion; cofferdam., [The same set of words is used to express exclusion from a class and exclusion from a compound. Reference is therefore made to the former at [more]. This identity does not occur with regard to inclusion, which therefore constitutes a separate category.] exclusion [more].
-verbs
be excluded from., exclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect [more]; banish (seclude) [more]; separate (disjoin) [more]., pass over, omit; garble; eliminate, weed, winnow.
-adjectives
excluding; exclusive; excluded; unrecounted, not included in; inadmissible.
-adverbs
exclusive of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating.
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| Antonyms: | inclusion, inclusion |
| Main Entry: | disqualification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disability; rejection for participation |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, elimination, exclusion, incapacity, incompetence, ineptitude, lack, debarment, disenablement, disentitlement, incapacitation, incompetency, ineligibility, unfitness, unproficiency |
| Antonyms: | ability, aptitude, capability |
| Main Entry: | elimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
| Synonyms: | cut, destruction, discard, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, omission, rejection, riddance, withdrawal, displacement, dropping, extermination, taking away, weeding out |
| Main Entry: | expulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishing |
| Synonyms: | banishment, boot*, bounce, deportment, discharge, dismissal, ejection, eviction, exclusion, exile, ostracism, ouster, purge, removal, rush, suspension, debarment, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, driving out, expatriation, extrusion, forcing out, ousting, proscription, relegation |
| Antonyms: | import, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | omission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something forgotten or excluded |
| Synonyms: | blank, breach, break, cancellation, carelessness, chasm, default, disregard, elimination, exclusion, failing, failure, forgetfulness, gap, hiatus, inadvertence, lack, lacuna, lapse, missing, neglect, overlook, oversight, prohibition, repudiation, skip, slighting, slip, withholding, cutting out, disregardance, elision, excluding, ignoring, inadvertency, leaving out, noninclusion, overlooking, passing over, preclusion, preterition, pretermission |
| Antonyms: | addition, inclusion, insertion, remembrance |
| Main Entry: | ostracism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishment |
| Synonyms: | avoidance, boycott, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expulsion, isolation, rejection, blackballing, cold-shouldering, shunning |
| Main Entry: | prohibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ban, forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto |
| Antonyms: | allowance, clearance, permission |
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, refusal |
| Synonyms: | bounce, cold shoulder*, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, nix*, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, thumbs down, veto, brush-off, disallowance, hard time, kick in teeth, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, slap in the face, turndown |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving out |
| Synonyms: | barring, exclusion, expulsion, omission, rejection, repudiation, reservation, debarment, disallowment, excepting, excusing, noninclusion, passing over |
| Antonyms: | admittance, allowance, inclusion, admittal |
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deportation from a place |
| Synonyms: | banishment, diaspora, dispersion, exclusion, expulsion, migration, ostracism, scattering, separation, displacement, expatriation, extradition, proscription, relegation |
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