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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Saving :: Saving (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause..
Exceptor :: Exceptor (n.) One who takes exceptions.
Common :: Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
Nonability :: Nonability (n.) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit..
Rule :: Rule (a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule..
Categorical :: Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer..
Singular :: Singular (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments..
Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..
Geld :: Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate..
Bar :: Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
Irrecusable :: Irrecusable (a.) Not liable to exception or rejection.
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..
Exceptant :: Exceptant (a.) Making exception.
Unexceptionable :: Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character..
Unexceptive :: Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Altogether :: Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Exceptioner :: Exceptioner (n.) One who takes exceptions or makes objections.
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
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