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   ex·clude

   /ikˈsklo͞od/

   verb

   • 1. deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege: "women had been excluded from many scientific societies" Similar keep outdeny access toshut outdebardisbarbarbanprohibitput an embargo onembargorejectblackballostracizebanishcut outfreeze outsend to CoventryOpposite acceptadmit
   • ▪ keep (something) out of a place: "apply flux to exclude oxygen"
   • ▪ remove from consideration; rule out: "computer software is excluded from the mandatory 15-year write-off" Similar eliminaterule outfactor outprecludeprevent the occurrence offormal:exceptOpposite allow for
   • ▪ prevent the occurrence of; preclude: "clauses seeking to exclude liability for loss or damage" Similar eliminaterule outfactor outprecludeprevent the occurrence offormal:exceptOpposite allow for

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin excludere, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. excludable adjective
   • 2. excluder noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • C

     3

   • L

     1

   • U

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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