debarring

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If I did, no doubt, by the same parental authority, my epistle would be intercepted—still further compromising her—still further debarring the chance of a reconciliation with her father!

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

Albeit a judicial trial or censure be indeed necessary, for inflicting punishment or censure upon men, yet it is not necessary for avoiding association with them, or debarring them from trust.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

When, after defection, gracious reforming kings arose, and had to do against foreign invasion, we find them not debarring any subjects, but calling them out promiscuously.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

The State commits an injustice in debarring a woman from the rights of a citizen because she chooses, over and above them, to perform the good works of a saint.

From Women and Politics by Kingsley, Charles

They and their employers hated and feared La Salle, who, sustained as he was by the Governor, might set at nought the prohibition of the king, debarring him from traffic with these tribes.

From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis