debarred

Officially kept out

Debarred means officially excluded or prohibited from something.

A person debarred from practicing law has had their license revoked.

Someone debarred from a competition is forbidden to participate.

He was debarred from holding public office after the scandal.

The word implies formal or institutional exclusion rather than casual refusal.

prohibited

forbidden

Not allowed

prevented · disallowed · interdicted · proscribed · vetoed · embargoed · off-limits · restricted · shut out · locked out

exclusion

ostracized

Excluded from a group

expelled · banished · exiled · marginalized · outcast · pariah · blackballed · excommunicated · persona non grata · sidelined

legal

disbarred

Removed from legal profession

inadmissible · revoked · sanctioned · censured · struck off · expelled · unlicensed · unfit · impeached · recused

membership

expelled

Officially removed or banished

dismissed · blackballed · voted out · thrown out · disaffiliated · ineligible · unwelcome · persona non grata · suspended · terminated

Opposites
access/permission

debarredadmitted

Confessed or granted entry

allowed · permitted · welcomed · accepted · included

eligibility status

debarredeligible

Meeting required conditions

qualified · entitled · certified · licensed · accredited

disciplinary/legal consequence

debarredcleared

Found not guilty

exonerated · absolved · unpunished · reinstated · restored

Family

debarring

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