debar

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈbɑr/ UK /dɪˈbɑː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to exclude or prohibit from something

A criminal record may debar him from public office.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to exclude or prohibit from... exclude bar prohibit preclude ban disqualify forbidshut out

Opposites

admit allow permit include authorize

Word family

Derived forms debarmentdebarred

Related forms bar

Etymology

From Old French desbarrer ('to unbar'), but in English taken with intensive force from de- plus bar, meaning 'to shut out, exclude'. Bar derives from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra.

de- Latin *barra Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# debar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈbɑr/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈbɑː/

## Meanings
1. to exclude or prohibit from something

## Examples
- A criminal record may debar him from public office.

## Synonyms
- exclude
- bar
- prohibit
- preclude
- ban
- disqualify
- forbid
- shut out

## Antonyms
- admit
- allow
- permit
- include
- authorize

## Derived Forms
- debarment
- debarred

## Related Forms
- bar

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: de-
- Root: *barra

## Etymology
From Old French desbarrer ('to unbar'), but in English taken with intensive force from de- plus bar, meaning 'to shut out, exclude'. Bar derives from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra.

## AI Etymology
Debar is from Old French desbarrer ('to unbar'), but in English taken with intensive force from de- plus bar, meaning 'to shut out, exclude'. Bar derives from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin *barra. Important recorded forms include de- (Latin) and *barra (Latin). The current sense covers to exclude or prohibit from something. The wider family includes derived forms such as debarment and debarred and related words such as bar.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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