exception
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
Example
“the exception of a rule”
Other meanings
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
Related words
- exceptionable
- exceptioner
- exceptious
- be no exception
- every rule has an exception
- make an exception
- exception handler
- exception that proves the rule
- exceptionless
- first-chance exception
- management by exception
- personal exception
Word history
From Latin "exceptiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “exception” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.