EXCEPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exception mean? 

• EXCEPTION (noun)
  The noun EXCEPTION has 3 senses:

1. a deliberate act of omission

2. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

3. grounds for adverse criticism

  Familiarity information: EXCEPTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCEPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deliberate act of omission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

elision; exception; exclusion

Context example:

with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

Hypernyms ("exception" is a kind of...):

omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)

Derivation:

except (prevent from being included or considered or accepted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

an exception tests the rule

Hypernyms ("exception" is a kind of...):

example; illustration; instance; representative (an item of information that is typical of a class or group)

Derivation:

exceptional (far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Grounds for adverse criticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

his authority is beyond exception

Hypernyms ("exception" is a kind of...):

objection (the speech act of objecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exception"):

caption (taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument)

Derivation:

except (take exception to)

 Context examples 

With that exception, all has gone as I expected.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thrust away behind a curtain in the front room were all the clothes of Mr. Neville St. Clair, with the exception of his coat.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Every man aboard, with the exception of Johansen, who is rather overcome by his promotion, seems to have an excuse for having sailed on the Ghost.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

With the exception of the two mongrels, they were bewildered and spirit-broken by the strange savage environment in which they found themselves and by the ill treatment they had received.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

With the exception of the heel of a Dutch cheese—which is not adapted to the wants of a young family—said Mrs. Micawber, there is really not a scrap of anything in the larder.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Not since with Joe, at Shelly Hot Springs, with the one exception of the wine he took with the Portuguese grocer, had Martin had a drink at a public bar.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The only exception is if you have a planet at three-degrees Aquarius or Leo in your natal chart.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Clinically, with the exception of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, mature T- and NK-cell lymphomas are among the most aggressive of all hematopoietic neoplasms.

(Mature T-Cell and NK-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

With the exception of mucinous carcinoid tumor, the prognosis is favorable.

(Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)