Preclusion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preclusion \Pre*clu"sion\, n. [L. praeclusio. See {Preclude}.]
     The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a
     shutting out.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  preclusion
       n : the act of preventing something by anticipating and
           disposing of it effectively [syn: {obviation}, {forestalling}]