exception

See also: Exception

English

Etymology

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpʃən/, IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

   the exception of a rule

2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
   • 2012, Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, →ISBN, page 31:

     The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had abolished slavery but allowed one major exception: slavery remained appropriate as punishment for a crime.

   That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

3. (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.
5. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
6. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

Synonyms

outlier

Antonyms

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

Hyponyms

• checked exception
• unchecked exception

 

Derived terms

• exception handler
• exceptionless
• exception that proves the rule
• first-chance exception
• management by exception
• personal exception
• state of exception
• take exception
• there is an exception to every rule
• without exception
• with the exception of

 

Related terms

• except
• exceptional

 

Translations

act of excepting or excluding; exclusion

• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
• Bulgarian: изключе́ние (bg) n (izključénie), изклю́чване (bg) n (izkljúčvane)
• Catalan: excepció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排除 (zh) (páichú)

• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aberrasjon (no) m

• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
• Russian: исключе́ние (ru) n (isključénije), изъя́тие (ru) n (izʺjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
• Serbo-Croatian: iznimka (sh) f, izuzetak (sh) m, izuzeće (sh) n
• Slovak: výnimka f
• Spanish: excepción (es) f, salvedad f
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n

that which is excepted or taken out from others

• Albanian: përjashtim (sq) m
• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
• Armenian: բացառություն (hy) (bacʿaṙutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: istisna (az)
• Belarusian: вы́нятак m (výnjatak)
• Bulgarian: изключе́ние (bg) n (izključénie)
• Catalan: excepció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 例外 (zh) (lìwài)

• Czech: výjimka (cs) f
• Danish: undtagelse (da) c
• Dutch: uitzondering (nl) f
• Esperanto: escepto
• Estonian: erand (et)
• Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
• French: exception (fr) f
• Galician: excepción (gl) f
• Georgian: გამონაკლისი (gamonaḳlisi)
• German: Ausnahme (de) f
• Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
• Hebrew: יוֹצֵא דֹּפֶן / יוצא דופן‎ (he) m, חָרִיג‎ (he) m
• Hindi: अपवाद (hi) m (apvād)
• Hungarian: kivétel (hu)
• Icelandic: undantekning f
• Irish: eisceacht f
• Italian: eccezione (it)
• Japanese: 例外 (ja) (れいがい, reigai), 殊 (ja) (こと, koto)
• Kazakh: ерекшелік (erekşelik)
• Korean: 예외 (ko) (ye'oe)
• Kyrgyz: бөтөнчө (ky) (bötönçö), өзгөчө (ky) (özgöçö)

• Latin: exceptiō f
• Latvian: izņēmums m
• Lithuanian: išimtis m
• Macedonian: исклучок m (isklučok)
• Maori: hāungatanga, rerenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unntak n, aberrasjon (no) m

• Pashto: استثنا‎ f (estesnã)
• Persian: استثنا‎ (fa) (estesnâ)
• Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
• Romanian: excepție (ro) f
• Russian: исключе́ние (ru) n (isključénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: изузетак m

  Roman: izuzetak (sh) m

• Slovak: výnimka f
• Slovene: izjema (sl) f
• Spanish: excepción (es) f, salvedad
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n
• Tajik: истисно (istisno)
• Thai: ข้อยกเว้น (kɔ̂ɔ-yók-wén), การยกเว้น (th)
• Turkish: istisna (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́няток m (výnjatok)
• Urdu: استشنا‎ (istisnā)
• Uyghur: ئىستىسنا‎ (istisna)
• Uzbek: istisno (uz)
• Vietnamese: lệ ngoại (vi), ngoại lệ (vi)
• Welsh: eithriad m

(law) an objection

• Bulgarian: отво́д (bg) m (otvód)
• Catalan: excepció (ca) f
• Finnish: ehto (fi)
• Hungarian: kifogás (hu), ellenvetés (hu)

• Irish: eisceacht f
• Latin: exceptio
• Russian: отво́д (ru) m (otvód)
• Welsh: gwrthwynebiad (cy) m

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

• Bulgarian: възраже́ние (bg) n (vǎzražénie)
• Finnish: kritiikki (fi), vastustus (fi)

• Russian: возраже́ние (ru) n (vozražénije)
• Spanish: ofensa (es) f

computing: an interruption in normal processing

• Bulgarian: гре́шка (bg) f (gréška)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異常 (zh), 异常 (zh) (yìcháng)

• Czech: výjimka (cs) f
• Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
• French: exception (fr) f
• German: Ausnahme (de) f, Ausnahmebedingung f, Exception f
• Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)

• Hungarian: megszakítás (hu), kivétel (hu)
• Irish: eisceacht f
• Japanese: 例外 (ja) (れいがい, reigai)
• Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f, exception f
• Russian: оши́бка (ru) f (ošíbka)
• Turkish: olağandışı durum

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exceptiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. exception

   L'exception confirme la règle. ― The exception proves the rule.

   Antonym: règle

Derived terms

• à l'exception de
• d'exception
• exception qui confirme la règle
• exceptionnel
• faire exception
• sans exception

Further reading

• “exception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. (computing) exception (an interruption in normal processing)

   Synonym: exceção