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exception

Syllabification: (ex·cep·tion)

Definition of exception

a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule:the drives between towns are a delight, and the journey to Graz is no exception while he normally shies away from introducing resolutions, he made an exception in this case

Phrases

the exception proves the rule: proverb the fact that some cases do not follow a rule proves that the rule applies in all other cases.
[From Latin exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis 'The exception confirms the rule in the cases not excepted'. The exception here is 'the action of excepting' not 'that being excepted'. By specifically excluding cases where the rule doesn't apply, you make the rule stronger for the cases still governed by it]
take exception to: object strongly to; be offended by:they took exception to his bohemian demeanor
with the exception of: except; not including.
without exception: with no one or nothing excluded.

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin exceptio(n-), from excipere 'take out' (see except)

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