exclusion
n. C / Un. the act of keeping someone or something out of a group, place, or activity. It can also mean leaving something out of a list or a plan.
n. the act of preventing someone or something from entering a place, joining a group, or being included in a consideration. Often carries a legal or social connotation of deliberate omission.
The exclusion of certain foods from your diet can improve your health.
The committee's decision led to the exclusion of several qualified candidates from the final interview process.
Social exclusion remains a significant barrier to economic mobility, as those outside the primary network lack access to the informal information channels that drive career advancement.
From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion.
Often used with the preposition 'of' to denote the object being left out, or 'from' to denote the group or place.
his exclusion to the clubhis exclusion from the clubExclusion takes the preposition 'from' when referring to the group or place one is kept out of.