Definition of exception

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Exception (n.) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule..

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Exceptioner :: Exceptioner (n.) One who takes exceptions or makes objections.
Spiranthy :: Spirant (n.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208..
Common :: Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
Bar :: Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause..
Universally :: Universally (adv.) In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures..
Aberrant :: Aberrant (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
Inimitable :: Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
Except :: Except (v. i.) To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony..
Fallency :: Fallency (n.) An exception.
Altogether :: Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.
Singular :: Singular (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments..
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death..
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.
Exceptionless :: Exceptionless (a.) Without exception.
Abjunctive :: Abjunctive (a.) Exceptional.
Both :: Both (a. or pron.) The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either..
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