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EXCLUSORY

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ex⋅clude

  [ik-sklood]
–verb (used with object), -clud⋅ed, -clud⋅ing.
1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -clūdere (comb. form of claudere to close)

Related forms:
ex⋅clud⋅er, noun
ex⋅clu⋅so⋅ry  [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.

Antonyms:
1. include.
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Word Origin & History

exclude 
1382, from L. excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Exclusive in social sense of "unwilling to admit outsiders" is from 1822.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·clude
Pronunciation: ik-'sklüd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·clud·ed; ex·clud·ing
1 : to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of <exclude hearsay evidence>
2 : to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage) excluded perils include acts of war>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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