Definition of exception

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

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Unexceptionable :: Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character..
Saving :: Saving (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to..
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Iridium :: Iridium (n.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5..
Exceptant :: Exceptant (a.) Making exception.
Categorical :: Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer..
Excipient :: Excipient (v. t.) Taking an exception.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Exceptor :: Exceptor (n.) One who takes exceptions.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot..
Exceptive :: Exceptive (a.) That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition..
Saving :: Saving (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause..
Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..
Exception :: Exception (n.) 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..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
Bating :: Bating (prep.) With the exception of; excepting.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Bar :: Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
Singular :: Singular (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments..
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