Definition of Debar

1. Verb. Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc..

Exact synonyms: Suspend
Entails: Penalise, Penalize, Punish
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Specialized synonyms: Rusticate, Send Down
Derivative terms: Debarment, Suspension

2. Verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. "Avert a strike"

3. Verb. Prevent from entering; keep out. "He was barred from membership in the club"
Exact synonyms: Bar, Exclude
Generic synonyms: Disallow, Forbid, Interdict, Nix, Prohibit, Proscribe, Veto
Derivative terms: Bar, Debarment, Exclusion, Exclusive

Definition of Debar

1. v. t. To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.

Definition of Debar

1. Proper noun. A city in the west of the Republic of Macedonia. ¹

2. Verb. To exclude or shut out; to bar. ¹

3. Verb. (US legal) To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with an application for approval of a new drug from participating in future applications. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Debar

1. to exclude [v -BARRED, -BARRING, -BARS] - See also: exclude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Debar

debag
debagged
debagging
debaggings
debags
deball
deballast
deballasted
deballasting
deballasts
deballed
deballing
debanding
debaptism
debar (current term)
debarb
debarbed
debarbing
debarbs
debark
debarkation
debarkations
debarked
debarker
debarkers
debarking
debarks
debarment
debarments

Literary usage of Debar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"TO DEPRIVE, debar, ABRIDGE. DEPRIVE, from de and prive, in Latin prima one's own, signifies to make not one's own what one has, or expects to have. ..."

2. Macedonia by Tihomir R. Đorđević (1918)
"... I collected and brought to him forty national ballads from the neighbourhood of debar, he told me that these were Serbian ballads, and, in front of me, ..."

3. A Summary of the Law and Practice of Real Actions: With an Appendix of by Asahel Stearns (1831)
"V. By the law of Massachusetts, a wife may debar herself of dower in the lands of her husband, by joining with him in a conveyance. ..."

4. The Practice of Sales of Real Property, with Precedents of Forms: Comprising by William Hughes (1850)
"Declaration to debar widow of dower. Covenant from vendor that he has good ... Declaration to debar widow of dower. 5. Covenant from vendor that he has good ..."

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