Exception

  • 21EXCEPTION — n. f. Action d’excepter ou Ce qui est excepté. Faire exception de... Par exception. Sans exception. N’y a t il point d’exception? C’est une exception à la règle. Ce mot fait exception, est une exception. Il n’y a règle si générale qui n’ait son… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22exception — Act of excepting or excluding from a number designated or from a description; that which is excepted or separated from others in a general rule or description; a person, thing, or case specified as distinct or not included; an act of excepting,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23exception — Act of excepting or excluding from a number designated or from a description; that which is excepted or separated from others in a general rule or description; a person, thing, or case specified as distinct or not included; an act of excepting,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24exception — ex|cep|tion W2S2 [ıkˈsepʃən] n [U and C] 1.) something or someone that is not included in a general statement or does not follow a rule or pattern ▪ It s been cold, but today s an exception. with the exception of sb/sth ▪ We all laughed, with the …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25exception — /Ik sepSFn/ noun (C, U) 1 something or someone that is not included in a rule, does not follow the expected pattern etc: With one or two notable exceptions, there are few women conductors. | no exception (=used to emphasize that a law or rule… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26exception — ex|cep|tion [ ık sepʃən ] noun count or uncount *** someone or something that is different in some way from other people or things and so cannot be included in a general statement: New technology stocks have done badly in recent months, but… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27exception — n. exclusion 1) to make an exception for 2) an exception to (an exception to the rule) objection 3) to take exception to (she took strong exception to what he said) * * * [ɪk sepʃ(ə)n] [ exclusion ] to make an exception for an exception to (an… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28exception */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈsepʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms exception : singular exception plural exceptions someone or something that is different in some way from other people or things and so cannot be included in a general statement New… …

    English dictionary

  • 29exception — A proxy which does not authorize the proxy committee to act on its behalf concerning any other business, adjournments or substitutions. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * exception ex‧cep‧tion [ɪkˈsepʆn] noun [countable] INSURANCE a particular …

    Financial and business terms

  • 30exception — /əkˈsɛpʃən / (say uhk sepshuhn), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun 1. the act of excepting. 2. the fact of being excepted. 3. something excepted; an instance or case not conforming to the general rule. 4. an adverse criticism, especially on a particular… …