Thesaurus: exception

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1. n. The act of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/excepting">excepting or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/excluding">excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. n. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
3. n. An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.
4. n. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
5. n. a deliberate act of omission
6. n. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
7. n. grounds for adverse criticism
8. An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of anaction, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, inthe course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse oftime, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also,as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts somethingbefore granted. Burrill.
9. n:100 n. a deliberate act of omission n. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; the only exception was her last child" n. grounds for adverse criticism