debar

[ dih-bahr ]

verb (used with object)

, de·barred, de·bar·ring.

1. to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:

   to debar all those who are not members.

   Antonyms: admit

2. to hinder or prevent; prohibit:

   to debar an action.

   Synonyms: interdict

   Antonyms: permit

debar

/ dɪˈbɑː /

verb

1. trusually foll byfrom to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar

Usage

See disbar

Derived Forms

• deˈbarment, noun

Other Words From

• de·barment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of debar¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French desbarrer to lock out, bar. See de-, bar ¹

Example Sentences

It is relatively rare for HHS to debar an NIH grantee.

From Science Magazine

In a report issued hours before the hearing, the Republican majority also called for Daszak to be criminally prosecuted and for EcoHealth to be banned, or debarred, from receiving NIH funding.

From Science Magazine

Horowitz criticized the government’s failure early on to use the “Do Not Pay” Treasury Department database, designed to keep government money from going to debarred contractors, fugitives, felons or people convicted of tax fraud.

From Seattle Times

The OIG recommends that WIV—but not EcoHealth—be debarred from receiving NIH funding in the future, a step NIH supports but noted must be made by an HHS debarment official.

From Science Magazine

The ads touted Singer sewing machines and typewriters for providing “increased time and opportunity for women’s rest and recreation or for other occupations from which they had been debarred.”

From Seattle Times