debarment
Barred from participating
Debarment is official exclusion from participation in something, typically government contracts or programs.
A company guilty of fraud may face debarment from federal contracting for several years.
The term appears most often in legal and regulatory contexts: The contractor's debarment was lifted after they demonstrated compliance reforms.
Formally marking for rejection
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
rejection · boycott · sidelining · marginalization · ineligibility · removal · banning · barring
Removal from eligibility
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
adjudication · inadmissibility · contempt · litigation · appeal · censure · mandamus · recusal
Hired construction professional
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- federalDivided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- agencyPower to act
vendor · bidding · contracting · compliance · eligibility · certification · award · proposal
Punishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- consequenceResult of an action
accountability · censure · reprimand · condemnation · reprisal · enforcement · deterrence · correction
blacklisting
Formally marking for rejection
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
lockout · rejection · boycott · sidelining · marginalization · ineligibility · removal · banning · barring · ouster
disqualification
Removal from eligibility
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
revocation · adjudication · inadmissibility · contempt · litigation · appeal · censure · mandamus · recusal · jurisprudence
contractor
Hired construction professional
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- federalDivided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
agency · vendor · bidding · contracting · compliance · eligibility · certification · award · proposal · misconduct
penalty
Punishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
consequence · accountability · censure · reprimand · condemnation · reprisal · enforcement · deterrence · correction · rebuke
- anti-corruptionanti-graft, whistleblower protection, whistleblowers, financial disclosure, conflict of interest
- anticorruptionanti-graft, ethics commission, ethics committee, financial disclosure, graft
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- defense procurementdefense contracts, military procurement, military contracts, defense contracting, government contracts
- export controlsexport controls, export license, export ban, dual-use, restricted goods
- procurementprocurement, purchasing, purchase order, bidding, subcontract
debarmentadmission
Entry or confession
inclusion · permission · authorization · access · entry
debarmentreinstatement
Return to previous position
restoration · approval · endorsement · accreditation · certification
bar, embargo, debar, disbar, debarred, disbarment, debarring, disbarred, disbarring