take exception
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take exception
verb takes exception · taking exception · took exception · taken exception
- To take offense; to object or protest. I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists.
- To object to; to disagree with. A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period succe
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verb to take offense; to object or protest
| Français | s'offusquer (de), se formaliser (de) |
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| Русский | оскорбля́ться oskorbljátʹsja |
verb to object to; to disagree with
| Français | désapprouver, ne pas être d'accord (avec quelque chose) |
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| Русский | возража́ть vozražátʹ |
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title = {take exception},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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