exception

See also: Exception

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpʃən/
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.

NounEdit

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included

That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.
(law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
(computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

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AntonymsEdit

(that which is excepted or taken out from others): commonness, generality

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TranslationsEdit

act of excepting or excluding; exclusion

Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
Bulgarian: изключение (bg) n (izključenie)
Catalan: excepció f
Czech: výjimka (cs) f
Danish: undtagelse (da) c
Dutch: uitzondering (nl) f
Esperanto: esceptado
Estonian: erand (et)
Faroese: undantak n
Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
German: Ausnahme (de) f

Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
Irish: eisceacht f
Italian: eccezione (it) f
Japanese: 除外 (ja) (jogai)
Maori: hāungatanga
Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
Serbo-Croatian: iznimka (sh) f, izuzetak (sh) m, izuzeće (sh) n
Slovak: výnimka f
Spanish: excepción (es) f
Swedish: undantag (sv) n

that which is excepted or taken out from others

Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
Bulgarian: изключение (bg) n (izključenie)
Catalan: excepció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 例外 (zh) (lìwài)
Dutch: uitzondering (nl) f
Esperanto: escepto
Estonian: erand (et)
Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
French: exception (fr) f
German: Ausnahme (de) f
Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
Hebrew: יוצא דופן‎ (he) m, חריג‎ (he) m

Hungarian: kivétel (hu)
Irish: eisceacht f
Italian: eccezione (it)
Japanese: 例外 (ja) (reigai), 殊 (ja) (koto)
Korean: 예외 (ko) (ye-oe)
Maori: hāungatanga, rerenga
Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
Russian: исклю́чение (ru) n (iskljúčenije)
Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
Spanish: excepción (es) f
Swedish: undantag (sv) n
Turkish: istisna (tr)
Vietnamese: lệ ngoại (vi)

(law) an objection

Bulgarian: отвод (bg) m (otvod)
Catalan: excepció f

Finnish: ehto (fi)
Latin: exceptio

an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense

Bulgarian: възражение (bg) n (vǎzraženie)

Finnish: kritiikki (fi), vastustus (fi)

computing: an interruption in normal processing

Bulgarian: грешка (bg) n (greška)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 异常 (zh) (yìcháng)
Czech: výjimka (cs) f
Finnish: virhe (fi), poikkeus (fi)
German: Ausnahme (de) f, Ausnahmebedingung f, Exception f

Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
Irish: eisceacht f
Japanese: 例外 (ja) (rēgai)
Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
Portuguese: exceção (pt) f, exception f
Turkish: olağandışı durum

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