exception

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
3. (countable, uncountable) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
4. (countable, uncountable) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
5. (countable, uncountable) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.

Opposite of

commonness, generality

Synonyms

exclusion

exemption

distinction

special case

objection

elision

mutation

novelty

freak

expulsion

immunity

excerpt

different

disheartenment

disorder

dissent

division

exceptional

excluding

extra

fault

flack

flak

hybrid

illness

instance

irregularity

leaving out

opposition

particular

privilege

protest

protestation

rejoinder

release

remonstrance

remonstration

reprieve

resistance

restriction

separate

singular

speciality

unprecedented

variant

variety

another thing

eccentric personality

aberrance

sallying forth

Translations

exception

Ausnahme

eccezione

excepción

exceção

excepció

uitzondering

εξαίρεση

استثناء

excepção

istisna

exceptio

eccezionale

exceptie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əkˈsɛpʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: exception

In summary

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.

Sentences

The only exception is the Woolwich Ferry , which is free of charge .

He makes an exception and allows abortion when a mother's life is at risk .