To exclude or shut out; to bar.
To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
To hinder or prevent.
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
To take exception, to object (to or against).
with the exception of; but.
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.