exclude
Keep from entering
To exclude is to keep out or leave out.
A club may exclude certain people from membership.
A diet may exclude sugar.
To exclude a possibility is to rule it out: The evidence excludes any other explanation.
When you focus on one thing to the exclusion of others, you give those others no attention.
Tax-excluded income isn't counted toward what you owe.
Exclude from a group
- shunDeliberately keep away
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
blackball · marginalize · isolate · cold-shoulder · freeze out · outcast · pariah · exile
Leave something out
eliminate · delete · remove · expunge · excise · redact · edit out · strike
Solid mass, or impede
- prohibitFormally disallow
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- barDrinking establishment
- restrictTo impose limits upon
prevent · inhibit · impede · obstruct · thwart · deter · interdict · embargo
Venue entrance enforcer
- doormanBuilding entrance attendant
- entryAccess or submission
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- debarOfficially exclude from participation
disqualify · ban · deny · refuse · gatekeep · velvet rope · guest list · turnaway
ostracize
Exclude from a group
reject · blackball · marginalize · isolate · cold-shoulder · freeze out · outcast · pariah · exile · banish
omit
Leave something out
cut · eliminate · delete · remove · expunge · excise · redact · edit out · strike · overlook
block
Solid mass, or impede
restrict · prevent · inhibit · impede · obstruct · thwart · deter · interdict · embargo · veto
bouncer
Venue entrance enforcer
debar · disqualify · ban · deny · refuse · gatekeep · velvet rope · guest list · turnaway · cover charge
- exclusionrule out, banned, bans, eliminate, barred
- exclusionsexcept, exception, except for, excepting, ban
- keeping outbar, ban, block, lock, fence
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- negative verbsdeny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid
- exclusive accessPermission limited to few
- mutually exclusiveCannot both be true
- exclusion zonesProhibited entry regions
- exclusive designsCreations available only selectively
- exclusive neighborhoodAffluent, restricted residential area
- exclusive clubsSelective membership organizations
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