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ex⋅cep⋅tion

  [ik-sep-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of excepting or the fact of being excepted.
2. something excepted; an instance or case not conforming to the general rule.
3. an adverse criticism, esp. on a particular point; opposition of opinion; objection; demurral: a statement liable to exception.
4. Law.
a. an objection, as to a ruling of the court in the course of a trial.
b. a notation that an objection is preserved for purposes of appeal: saving an exception.
—Idiom
5. take exception,
a. to make an objection; demur: They took exception to several points in the contract.
b. to take offense: She took exception to what I said about her brother.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME excepcioun < L exceptiōn (s. of exceptiō), equiv. to except(us) (see except 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ex⋅cep⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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Exceptionless

Ex*cep"tion*less\, a. Without exception.

A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. --Bancroft.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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