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.) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court..
Unexceptionable :: Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character..
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..
Exceptionless :: Exceptionless (a.) Without exception.
Common :: Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
Bating :: Bating (prep.) With the exception of; excepting.
Fallency :: Fallency (n.) 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.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule..
Saving :: Saving (n.) Exception; reservation.
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Saving :: Saving (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to..
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..
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.
Excepting :: Excepting (prep. & conj., but properly a participle) With rejection or exception of; excluding; except..
Saving :: Saving (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause..
Exceptionable :: Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement..
Unexceptive :: Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception..
Aberrant :: Aberrant (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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