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Pronunciation : Ex*clu"sion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.]
Definition : 1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913