exclude
- to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
- to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
- to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
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prohibit, suspend, bar, prevent, preclude, omit, refuse, remove, boycott, ignore, ostracize, eliminate, reject, ban, block, embargo, oust, bate, sideline, ejectExamples from the Web for exclude
Contemporary Examples of exclude
Their answer on the national level was to exclude religion altogether from the Constitution and from national politics.
We exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to WoodstockJohn Avlon
August 17, 2014
The Los Angeles Times as well as the website Reddit have chosen to exclude contributions from skeptics.
Lest his snub be too subtle, Logan went on to single out and exclude Southerners for their “rebellious tyranny.”
The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American AnniversaryMalcolm Jones
May 26, 2014
How do you exclude Game of Thrones, when it produced the most shocking TV moment of the year with the Red Wedding?
The Best TV Shows of 2013: ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ and MoreKevin Fallon
December 13, 2013
Historical Examples of exclude
It is a matter of course that the one should exclude the other.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
The African magician I find it very difficult to exclude from my Wigwam too.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
Let us not be supposed to exclude the intellect from a share in every highest office.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
We cannot suppose that any one can really mean to exclude all imitation of others.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
Now, does happiness consist in pleasures, or does it exclude them?
Initiation into PhilosophyEmile Faguet
exclude
- to keep out; prevent from entering
- to reject or not consider; leave out
- to expel forcibly; eject
- to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment