n. 1. The act or practice of excluding. 2. The condition or fact of being excluded. [Middle English exclusioun, from Latin exclūsiō, exclūsiōn-, from exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere, to shut; see EXCLUDE.] ex·clusion·ar′y (-zhə-nĕr′ē) adj. |
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