Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To deliberately leave someone or something out, or not include in a group or activity.
Exclude
/ɪkˈskluːd/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Their children were excluded from public schools.
Belknap was not able to refute or exclude them.
Would his love have so excluded us?
Etymology:
The word exclude comes from the Latin excludere, meaning to shut out. This is a combination of ex-, meaning out, and cludere, a variant of claudere, meaning to close. The word entered Middle English via Old French escluder during the 14th century.
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