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Debarment   /dɪbˈɑrmənt/   Listen
Debarment

noun
1.
The state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices).
2.
The act of prevention by legal means.





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"Debarment" Quotes from Famous Books



... be made of slang, the uncouth relative in every respectable household. It is used freely on the sporting page, but is barred from other columns, its debarment being due to its lack of elegance and clearness. On the sporting page slang has been accepted because there one is writing to a narrow circle of masculine Goths who understand the patois of the gridiron, the diamond, and the padded ropes and prefer it to the language of civilization. But such diction ...
— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer


Words linked to "Debarment" :   debar, suspension, prevention, temporary removal, jurisprudence, exclusion, bar, law


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