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DEBARMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does debarment mean?

• DEBARMENT (noun)
The noun DEBARMENT has 2 senses:

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

Familiarity information: DEBARMENT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DEBARMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("debarment" is a kind of...):

exclusion (the state of being excluded)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of prevention by legal means

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they achieved his debarment from holding public office

Hypernyms ("debarment" is a kind of...):

bar; prevention (the act of preventing)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debarment"):

suspension; temporary removal (a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc))

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