Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preclusion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preclusion \Pre*clu"sion\, n. [L. praeclusio. See {Preclude}.]
The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a
shutting out.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preclusion
n : the act of preventing something by anticipating and
disposing of it effectively [syn: {obviation}, {forestalling}]
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