Ex-clū’sion, n.

(eks-klū’zhun), n. [Lat. exclusio, from excludere, Fr. exclusion, Pr. exclusio, Sp. exclusion, It. esclusione.] The act of excluding, or of thrusting out; ejection; preclusion; exception; rejection; as, the exclusion of a child from the womb.

The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume.

His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton.