To keep from being admitted, included, or considered

• shut out

  1. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
  2. (Sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.

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  1. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
  2. (Sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.

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• rule out

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• keep out

  1. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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  1. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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• exclude

  1. To refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar
  2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject:
  3. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar:

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  1. To refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar
  2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject:
  3. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar:

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• except

  1. To leave out; exclude:
  2. (Now Rare) To object; take exception
  3. To object:

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  1. To leave out; exclude:
  2. (Now Rare) To object; take exception
  3. To object:

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• eliminate

  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. (Mathematics) To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
  3. To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition

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  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. (Mathematics) To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
  3. To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition

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• count out

  1. To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
  2. To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.
  3. (Boxing, wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

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  1. To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
  2. To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.
  3. (Boxing, wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

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• bar

  1. To obstruct by means of a bar or bars; shut off; close
  2. To rule out; except:
  3. To fasten with or as with a bar

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  1. To obstruct by means of a bar or bars; shut off; close
  2. To rule out; except:
  3. To fasten with or as with a bar

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To refuse to allow

• taboo

  1. To put under taboo
  2. To prohibit or forbid because of tradition, convention, etc.
  3. To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.

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  1. To put under taboo
  2. To prohibit or forbid because of tradition, convention, etc.
  3. To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.

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• proscribe

  1. To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
  2. To prohibit; forbid:
  3. In ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.

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  1. To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
  2. To prohibit; forbid:
  3. In ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.

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• prohibit

  1. To prevent; preclude:
  2. To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
  3. To forbid by authority:

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  1. To prevent; preclude:
  2. To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
  3. To forbid by authority:

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• outlaw

  1. In the U.S., to remove the legal force of (contracts, etc.)
  2. To declare unlawful or illegal
  3. To bar, or ban

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  1. In the U.S., to remove the legal force of (contracts, etc.)
  2. To declare unlawful or illegal
  3. To bar, or ban

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• interdict

  1. To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of:
  2. To prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority
  3. (R.C.Ch.) To exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges

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  1. To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of:
  2. To prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority
  3. (R.C.Ch.) To exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges

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• inhibit

  1. (--- Psychology) To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously.
  2. (--- Biology) To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of (an enzyme or organ, for example).
  3. (Eccles.) To prohibit; forbid

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  1. (--- Psychology) To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously.
  2. (--- Biology) To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of (an enzyme or organ, for example).
  3. (Eccles.) To prohibit; forbid

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• forbid

  1. To command to stay away from; exclude or bar from
  2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit:
  3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude:

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  1. To command to stay away from; exclude or bar from
  2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit:
  3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude:

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• enjoin

  1. To urge or impose with authority; order; enforce
  2. To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
  3. To require or impose (an action or behavior, for example) with authority and emphasis; prescribe.

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  1. To urge or impose with authority; order; enforce
  2. To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
  3. To require or impose (an action or behavior, for example) with authority and emphasis; prescribe.

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• disallow

  1. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
  2. To refuse to allow; reject as untrue, invalid, or illegal

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  1. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
  2. To refuse to allow; reject as untrue, invalid, or illegal

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• ban

  1. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
  2. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  3. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:

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  1. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
  2. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  3. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:

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To exclude

• shut out

  1. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
  2. (Sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.

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  1. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
  2. (Sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.

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• suspend

  1. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
  2. To hold in abeyance; defer:
  3. To render temporarily ineffective:

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  1. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
  2. To hold in abeyance; defer:
  3. To render temporarily ineffective:

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• evict

  1. To force out; eject:
  2. To remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent
  3. To put out (a tenant, for example) from a property by legal process; expel.

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  1. To force out; eject:
  2. To remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent
  3. To put out (a tenant, for example) from a property by legal process; expel.

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To prevent

• deny

  1. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own; disown; repudiate
  2. To refuse to believe; reject:
  3. To give a refusal to; turn down or away:

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  1. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own; disown; repudiate
  2. To refuse to believe; reject:
  3. To give a refusal to; turn down or away:

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• prohibit

  1. To forbid by authority:
  2. To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
  3. To prevent; preclude:

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  1. To forbid by authority:
  2. To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
  3. To prevent; preclude:

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• restrict

  1. To keep or confine within physical limits:
  2. To keep within certain limits; put certain limitations on; confine
  3. To prevent or prohibit beyond a certain limit or by restriction:

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  1. To keep or confine within physical limits:
  2. To keep within certain limits; put certain limitations on; confine
  3. To prevent or prohibit beyond a certain limit or by restriction:

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