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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Saving :: Saving (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Both :: Both (a. or pron.) The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either..
Altogether :: Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Categorical :: Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer..
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..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) That which is excepted; exception.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court..
Fallency :: Fallency (n.) An exception.
Unexceptive :: Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception..
Aberrant :: Aberrant (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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..
Unexceptionable :: Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character..
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement..
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..
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.
Exceptioner :: Exceptioner (n.) One who takes exceptions or makes objections.
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