'Exception' definitions:

Definition of 'exception'

(from WordNet)
noun
A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
noun
An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule"
noun
Grounds for adverse criticism; "his authority is beyond exception"

Definition of 'Exception'

From: GCIDE
  • Exception \Ex*cep"tion\ ([e^]k*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.]
  • 1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Often with to. [1913 Webster]
  • That proud exception to all nature's laws. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. [1913 Webster]
  • I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'exception'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Exception'