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exception Definition

ex·cep·tion (ek sep′s̸hən, ik-)

noun

  1. an excepting or being excepted; omission; exclusion
  2. anything that is excepted; specif.,
    1. a case to which a rule, general principle, etc. does not apply
    2. a person or thing different from or treated differently from others of the same class
  3. objection or opposition
  4. Law a formal objection or reservation to court action or opinion in the course of a trial

Etymology: ME excepcioun < OFr exception < L exceptio

exception Idioms

take exception

  1. to object; demur
  2. to resent something; feel offended

the exception proves the rule

the exception tests the rule: often used to mean “the exception establishes the rule”

exception Synonyms

exception

n.

  1. The act of excepting

    exclusion, omission, making an exception of, rejection, barring, reservation, leaving out, ruling out, noninclusion, debarment, segregation, limitation, exemption, elimination, repudiation, excusing.

    Antonyms approval, inclusion, acceptance.

  2. That which is excepted

    irregularity, peculiarity, anomaly, special case, difference, allowance, exemption, nonconformity, privilege, dispensation, waiver, deviation, eccentricity, rarity, oddity, quirk.

    Antonyms custom*, rule*, norm. *

  3. An adverse reaction

    objection, demurral, protest, complaint; see objection 2.

take exception (to)

  1. object, disagree, demur; see complain 1, object, oppose 1.

  2. resent, be offended, take offense;

exception Law Definition

n

In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal.

exception Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • throw: The safest decision might be to throw an exception should the component not be in one of the year entry states.
  • catch: You don't need to catch the exception to do that.
  • handle: It is a way of handling exceptions without having to propagate flags up through multiple levels of nesting.
  • raise: It is also Perl's exception trapping mechanism, where the die operator is used to raise exceptions.
  • permit: But does the fact that the 1990 Act does not permit any exceptions breach Natallie's Article 8 rights?
  • prove: The year 2006 proves no exception and we extend our sincere thanks to the company for their continuing support and encouragement.

Adjective modifier

  • notable: A notable exception is in the sphere of the arts of the book.
  • honorable: The talking heads were, with a few honorable exceptions, dull and uninformed to a man jack.
  • rare: Only the dominant male, with rare exceptions, had access to mating opportunities.
  • few: With few exceptions, the rest of us are usually fighting an ongoing battle with our more than enough fatty deposits.
  • sole: Both classes had the novel outside frame tenders all their lives, with the sole exception of no.
  • possible: With the possible exception of private client work, the Scottish market is buoyant across the range.

Modifies a noun

  • handling: Such actions have important properties which facilitate exception handling: they are atomic, contain erroneous information and serve as recovery regions.
  • clause: Opponents of the cultural exception clause say: 'Let people watch what they want.
  • vector: The contents of the exception vector table are set to zero, together with all the registers.

Noun used with modifier

  • dealing: The other fair dealing exception covers use of a copyright work for criticism, review or news reporting.
  • harassment: The harassment exception is obviously potentially relevant in sexual harassment cases.

Possessives

dealing: At present, member states have a long list of ` fair use ' or ` fair dealing ' exceptions to copyright.

Preposition: of

  • pronunciation: This application has all of the functions of the ECS430T handheld electronic dictionary with the exception of pronunciation / voice synthesis.
  • tower: With the exception of the tower, the whole church was rebuilt in 1845, nothing of the old church being preserved.