segregation β the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
boycott β If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
elimination β The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
embargo β Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
eviction β The action of expelling someone, especially a tenant, from a property; expulsion.
veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
ban β To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
blackball β If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club.
blockade β A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
coventry β a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954β62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
debarment β to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
ejection β The action of forcing or throwing something out; emission.
exception β A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
interdict β Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
interdiction β an act or instance of interdicting.
lockout β the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.
occlusion β the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
ostracism β exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
ousting β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
preclusion β to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
prevention β the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
relegation β to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
admission β Admission is permission given to a person to enter a place, or permission given to a country to enter an organization. Admission is also the act of entering a place.
marginalization β to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.