Associations to the word «Preclude»

Wiktionary

PRECLUDE, verb. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

Dictionary definition

PRECLUDE, verb. Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project".
PRECLUDE, verb. Make impossible, especially beforehand.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin