debarring

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The commissioners rendered his confinement at Holdenby very rigorous; dismissing his ancient servants, debarring him from visits, and cutting off all communication with his friends or family.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

He chose a surer, safer revenge in taking no steps to procure a divorce, and so debarring Ralph from his only means of atonement—marriage with his victim.

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

Exclu′sive, able or tending to exclude: debarring from participation: sole: not taking into account.—n. one of a number who exclude others from their society.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Montesquieu has made it clear that the debarring of the nobility from mercantile pursuits was an admirable social policy, in that it prevented wealth from accumulating in the hands of the powerful.

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo

If you abide by it, you deny the Absolute and Infinite in the very act of affirming it, for, in debarring the First Cause from self-revelation, you impose a limit on its nature.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George