Exception Definition

ĭk-sĕpshən
exceptions
noun
exceptions
An excepting or being excepted; omission; exclusion.
Webster's New World
Anything that is excepted.
Webster's New World
One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.
American Heritage
Objection or opposition.
Webster's New World
A formal objection or reservation to court action or opinion in the course of a trial.
Webster's New World
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idiom
take exception
  • to object; demur
  • to resent something; feel offended
Webster's New World
the exception (that) proves the rule
  • the exception (that) tests the rule (see prove)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Exception

Noun

Singular:
exception
Plural:
exceptions

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Origin of Exception

Exception Sentence Examples

  • We can't expect them to make an exception for us.

  • The Senegal indeed has what is styled an interior delta, but, with the exception of the marigot named, all the divergent branches rejoin the main stream before the sea is reached.

  • The basin of the Garonne occupies south-western France with the exception of the tracts covered by the secondary basins of the Adour, the Aude, the Hrault, the Orb and other smaller rivers, and the lowlying plain of the Landes, which is watered by numerous coast rivers, notably by the Leyre.

  • This has been a typical day for me - with the exception of a nice evening out.

  • With the exception of an occasional remark or look, her daughters obeyed.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXC

Words Ending With

NONION

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exception

Words Starting With E and Ending With N

Starts With E & Ends With NStarts With EX & Ends With NStarts With E & Ends With ON

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With E9 Letter Words Ending With N