exclusion

Everyday

1. Keeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team. tree →
2. (UK schools) Being sent away from school as a punishment (suspension or expulsion). tree →
3. Something not covered or included, for example in an insurance policy. tree →

In the lessons

In schools «exclusion» in the UK means a pupil cannot come to school for a time; in everyday life leaving someone out of a game is exclusion and can hurt; in science an «exclusion zone» is an area people must keep out of. Phrases: «to the exclusion of», «exclusion zone», «fixed-term exclusion», «social exclusion».

Examples

• The pupil got a two-day exclusion for fighting. tree →
• Leaving one child out of every game is exclusion, and it hurts. tree →
• Nobody may enter the exclusion zone around the volcano. tree →
• She practised piano to the exclusion of everything else. tree →
• The insurance has some exclusions, like floods. tree →
• Our class worked against the exclusion of new children. tree →
• How the goddess of discord resented her exclusion from the marriage festivities has already been shown. tree →

Note

From the verb «exclude». Opposite: inclusion. In maths, «excluding» or «exclusion of» means leave those out of the count: 20 children, excluding 3 absent, gives 17.