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noun
Idiom1.
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, especially 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.
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.
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Exception
is always a great word to know.
So is intent. Does it mean:
| the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person; the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on |
| the state of a person's mind that directs his or her actions toward a specific object |
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Example Sentences
- Almost without exception, they wore nice sweaters.
- Mondays are often hectic in the casket business, and today is no exception.
- No matter the size of your wallet these days, pinching pennies has become more the rule than the exception for American families.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
exception
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. excepcioun, Fr. exception, from L. exceptionem, noun of action from excipere (see except). The exception that proves the rule is from law: exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis, "the exception proves the rule in cases not excepted;" exception
EXPANDhere being "action of excepting" someone or something from the rule in question, not the person or thing that is excepted. To take exception is from excipere being used in Roman law as a modern attorney would say objection. Related: Exceptional (1846); exceptionally.
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Computing Dictionary
exception definition
An error condition that changes the normal flow of control in a program. An exception may be generated ("raised") by hardware or software. Hardware exceptions include reset, interrupt or a signal from a memory management unit. Exceptions may be generated by the arithmetic logic unit or floating-point unit for numerical errors such as divide by zero, overflow or underflow or instruction decoding errors such as privileged, reserved, trap or undefined instructions. Software exceptions are even more varied and the term could be applied to any kind of error checking which alters the normal behaviour of the program.
(1994-10-31)
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
exception
In addition to the idioms beginning with exception, also see except for (with the exception of); make an exception; take exception to.
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