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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a deliberate act of omission Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. grounds for adverse criticism Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. 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. 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. Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. Cowper. Note: Often with to. That proud exception to all nature's laws. Pope. 3. (Law) 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. Burrill. 4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. Shak. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review. Source: webster
  9. 9. 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. Source: adambom
  10. 10. 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 Source: ecdict

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