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exception

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Noun

grounds for adverse criticism
- his authority is beyond exception

an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; the only exception was her last child"
- all her children were brilliant
- an exception tests the rule

a deliberate act of omission
- with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

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Synonyms:
exclusion elision

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "exception":
excavation exception expedition expiation
Words contain "exception":
exception exceptionable exceptional exceptionally take exception unexceptionable unexceptional
Words contain "exception" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
exception straight-out gainsay to a man exceptionable zero-tolerance policy except elision unexceptionable every more...

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