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exception
- /əkˈsɛpʃən/
- /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
Sounds like acception (for pronunciations with schwa)
Where it comes from
From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.
noun exceptions
- The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. the exception of a rule
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That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.
Similar: outlier · Opposite: commonness, generality
- An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
- An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
- 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. null pointer exception
verb exceptions · exceptioning · exceptioned
- To throw an exception.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: exclusion, special, distinction, uniqueness, one-off, case, salvo, except, caveat, exceptionalism, exceptional, proviso, exemption, outside, outlier, anomaly
Translations
Every language
noun that which is excepted or taken out from others
| Español | excepción, salvedad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예외 ye'oe |
| 日本語 | 例外 reigai, 殊 koto |
| 中文 | 例外 lìwài |
| हिन्दी | अपवाद apvād |
| Português | exceção |
| Français | exception |
| Deutsch | Ausnahme |
| Italiano | eccezione |
| Ελληνικά | εξαίρεση exaíresi |
| Română | excepție |
| Русский | исключе́ние isključénije |
| Tiếng Việt | lệ ngoại, ngoại lệ |
| العربية | اِسْتِثْنَاء istiṯnāʔ |
| עברית | יוֹצֵא דֹּפֶן, יוצא דופן, חָרִיג |
noun (law) an objection
| Русский | отво́д otvód |
|---|
noun act of excepting or excluding; exclusion
| Español | excepción, salvedad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 제외 je'oe |
| 日本語 | 除外 jogai |
| 中文 | 排除 páichú |
| हिन्दी | अपवाद apvād |
| Português | exceção |
| Deutsch | Ausnahme |
| Italiano | eccezione |
| Ελληνικά | εξαίρεση exaíresi |
| Русский | исключе́ние isključénije, изъя́тие izʺjátije |
| العربية | اِسْتِثْنَاء istiṯnāʔ |
noun an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense
| Español | ofensa |
|---|---|
| Русский | возраже́ние vozražénije |
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@misc{exception_2026,
title = {exception},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exception},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
