Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - exclusion

(exclusions) 1. The exclusion of something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it. It calls for the exclusion of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan program... N-VAR: oft N of n 2. Exclusion is the act of preventing someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity. ...women’s exclusion from political power... N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss, oft N from n 3. If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all. Diane had dedicated her life to caring for him to the exclusion of all else. PHRASE: usu PHR after v, PHR n