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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Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Inimitable :: Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence..
Exceptive :: Exceptive (a.) That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
Unexceptionable :: Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character..
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Unlimited :: Unlimited (a.) Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms..
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..
Nonability :: Nonability (n.) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit..
Abjunctive :: Abjunctive (a.) Exceptional.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court..
Saving :: Saving (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
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..
Exception :: Exception (n.) 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..
Common :: Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death..
Exceptious :: Exceptious (a.) Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious..
Exceptant :: Exceptant (a.) Making exception.
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