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Exception

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Noun

1. elision, exception, exclusion

a deliberate act of omission

Example Sentences:
'with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news'

2. exception

an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

Example Sentences:
'all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child'
'an exception tests the rule'

3. exception

grounds for adverse criticism

Example Sentences:
'his authority is beyond exception'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Exception

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noun
1. 
the act of excepting or fact of being excepted; omission
2. 
anything excluded from or not in conformance with a general rule, principle, class, etc
3. 
criticism, esp when it is adverse; objection
4. law
(formerly) a formal objection in the course of legal proceedings
5. law
a clause or term in a document that restricts the usual legal effect of the document
6.  take exception

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Exception

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noun
1. 
an excepting or being excepted; omission; exclusion
2. 
anything that is excepted
; specif.,
a. 
a case to which a rule, general principle, etc. does not apply
b. 
a person or thing different from or treated differently from others of the same class
3. 
objection or opposition
4.  Law
a formal objection or reservation to court action or opinion in the course of a trial

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Exception

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n.
1. The act of excepting or the condition of being excepted; exclusion.
2. One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.
3. An objection or a criticism: opinions that are open to exception.
4. Law A formal protest against a ruling of the trial court on a question of law, such as the admissibility of a certain piece of evidence, to make clear for the record that the issue is being preserved for a potential appeal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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