If you exclude something that has some connection with what you are doing, you deliberately do not use it or consider it. They eat only plant foods, and take care to exclude animal products from other areas of their lives In some schools, Christmas carols are being modified to exclude any reference to Christ
prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting
To identify files that you do not want to include in a specific client operation, such as backup or archive You identify the files in an include-exclude list