Exclusion Definition

ĭk-sklo͝ozhən
exclusions
noun
exclusions
An excluding or being excluded.
Webster's New World
A thing excluded.
Webster's New World
Of taxes, an item that is not required to be included in gross income; of insurance, the occurrences that will not receive coverage under the policy.
Webster's New World Law

The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. [from 17th c.]

Wiktionary

An item not covered by an insurance policy. [from 20th c.]

Wiktionary
idiom
to the exclusion of
  • so as to keep out, bar, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Exclusion

Noun

Singular:
exclusion
Plural:
exclusions

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Exclusion

  • to the exclusion of

Origin of Exclusion

  • Middle English exclusioun from Latin exclūsiō exclūsiōn- from exclūsus past participle of exclūdere to shut exclude

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin exclusionem, from excludere.

    From Wiktionary

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