| noun | the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto |
| verb | prevent from entering; keep out “He was barred from membership in the club” |
| verb | render unsuitable for passage “block the way” |
| verb | expel, as if by official decree “he was banished from his own country” |
| verb | secure with, or as if with, bars “He barred the door” |
| blackball | verb | expel from a community or group |
| bar | noun | the act of preventing |
| debarment | noun | the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) |
| exclusive | adjective | excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority |
| exclusion | noun | the state of being excluded |
| barricade | noun | a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. |
| blockage | noun | the act of blocking |
| blocking | noun | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
| blockade | noun | prevents access or progress |
| stop | noun | a restraint that checks the motion of something |
| stopper | noun | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
| banishment | noun | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| relegation | noun | mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position |