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Definitions for: Exception
[n] a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
[n] an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule"
[n] grounds for adverse criticism; "his authority is beyond exception"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*cep"tion, n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.]
1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction
by taking out something which would otherwise be included,
as in a class, statement, rule.
2. 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.
Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove,
rather than impeach, the just remark. --Cowper.
Note: Often with to.
That proud exception to all nature's laws.
--Pope.
3. (Law) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course
of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the
decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his
charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal,
impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in
conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts
something before granted. --Burrill.
4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense;
cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
I will never answer what exceptions they can have
against our account [relation]. --Bentley.
He . . . took exception to the place of their
burial. --Bacon.
She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak.
Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the
decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a
cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided
on record so as to bring them before a superior court or
the full bench for review.
Synonyms: elision, exclusion
See Also: example, illustration, instance, objection, omission, representative
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