exception
See also: Exception
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.
PronunciationEdit
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.
- 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.
- (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.
AntonymsEdit
- (that which is excepted or taken out from others): commonness, generality
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TranslationsEdit
act of excepting or excluding; exclusion
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that which is excepted or taken out from others
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(law) an objection
an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense
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computing: an interruption in normal processing
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
exception f (plural exceptions)
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Further readingEdit
- “exception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
exception f (plural exceptions)