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a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"

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"

a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"

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"

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

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.

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.

An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; - usually followed by to or against.

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

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.

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.

An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; - usually followed by to or against.

The act of omitting; omission; exclusion; objection; offense taken.

The act of excepting or excluding from a number designated, or from a description; exclusion; as, all voted for the bill, with the exception of five; "He doth deny his prisoners but with proviso and exception."-Shak.: exclusion from what is comprehended in a general rule or proposition-sometimes, though rarely, with to; "Let the money be raised on land, with an exception to some of the more barren parts, that might be tax free."-Addison: that which is excepted, excluded, or separated from others in a general description; the person or thing specified as distinct or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions; an objection; that which is or may be offered in opposition to a rule, proposition, statement, or allegation-with to; sometimes with against; "I will answer what exceptions he can have against our account."-Bentley: objection with dislike; offence; slight anger or resentment-with at or against, but more commonly with to, and generally used with take; as, to take exception at a severe remark; to take exception to what was said; " Roderigo, thou hast taken against me an exception."-Shak.: in law (a) the denial of what is alleged and considered as valid by the other party, either in point of law or in pleading; a denial of a matter alleged in bar to an action; an allegation against the sufficiency of an answer; it is a stop or stay to an action, and it is either dilatory or peremptory: (b) a clause by which the grantor of a deed excepts something before granted, as when having disposed of a house a particular room is excepted from the same.

Exclusion; something excepted; objection.

n. Act of leaving out from a specified number or class; exclusion from the terms of a general rule or position;—that which is separated or not included;—an objection; dissent; cavil;—offence taken; resentment;—a stop or bar to legal action.

Exclusion from the things, comprehended in a precept or position; thing excepted or specified in exception; objection, cavil; peevish dislike, offence taken.