Exception definition

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exceptions
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(law) A formal protest against a ruling of the trial court on a question of law, such as the admissibility of a certain piece of evidence, to make clear for the record that the issue is being preserved for a potential appeal.
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The act of excepting or the condition of being excepted; exclusion.
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An objection or a criticism.

Opinions that are open to exception.

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An excepting or being excepted; omission; exclusion.
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One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.
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The definition of an exception is something that is outside of the rules or outside of the normal expectations.

An example of an exception is when you are normally supposed to be home by midnight but your parents let you stay out until 1 AM, just for one night.

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(law) A formal objection or reservation to court action or opinion in the course of a trial.
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In litigation, a formal statement made by a party indicating to the court that he or she wishes to preserve an issue for appeal.
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The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
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Objection or opposition.
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An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
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(computing) An interruption in normal processing, especially as caused by an error condition.
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Anything that is excepted.
  • A case to which a rule, general principle, etc. does not apply.
  • A person or thing different from or treated differently from others of the same class.
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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.
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(law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
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An error. See exception handling.
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take exception
  • to object; demur
  • to resent something; feel offended
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the exception (that) proves the rule
  • the exception (that) tests the rule (see prove)
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
exception
Plural:
exceptions

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

the exception (that) proves the rule

Origin of exception

Exception Sentence Examples

  • We can't expect them to make an exception for us.

  • The Senegal indeed has what is styled an interior delta, but, with the exception of the marigot named, all the divergent branches rejoin the main stream before the sea is reached.

  • The basin of the Garonne occupies south-western France with the exception of the tracts covered by the secondary basins of the Adour, the Aude, the Hrault, the Orb and other smaller rivers, and the lowlying plain of the Landes, which is watered by numerous coast rivers, notably by the Leyre.

  • This has been a typical day for me - with the exception of a nice evening out.

  • With the exception of an occasional remark or look, her daughters obeyed.

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