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debar

[ dih-bahr ]
/ dɪˈbɑr /
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verb (used with object), de·barred, de·bar·ring.

to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
to hinder or prevent; prohibit: to debar an action.

RELATED WORDS

elimination, exclusion, omission, embargo, rejection, veto, refusal, prohibition, removal, eviction, segregation, separation, discharge, suspension, boycott, ouster, ejection, displacement, purge, banishment

Nearby words

  1. deb.,
  2. debacle,
  3. debag,
  4. debakey,
  5. debanding,
  6. debark,
  7. debarkation,
  8. debase,
  9. debasement,
  10. debatable

Origin of debar

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French desbarrer to lock out, bar. See de-, bar1
ANTONYMS FOR debar
1. admit. 2. permit.
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Related formsde·bar·ment, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for debarment

debar

/ (dɪˈbɑː) /

verb -bars, -barring or -barred

(tr usually foll by from) to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar
Derived Formsdebarment, noun

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See disbar
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Word Origin and History for debarment

debar

v.

early 15c., "to shut out, exclude," from French débarrer, from Old French desbarer (12c., which, however, meant only "to unbar, unbolt," the meaning turned around in French as the de- was felt in a different sense), from des- (see dis-) + barrer "to bar" (see bar (n.1)). Related: Debarment; debarred.

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