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exception (iou)



exception noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin exceptio(n-), formed as EXCEPT verb: see -ION.]
I.
The action of excepting someone or something from a group, the scope of a proposition, etc.; the state or fact of being so excepted. LME.
G. C. Lewis This exception of women and children from the whole community.
A person who or thing which is excepted; esp. a particular case or individual that does not follow some general rule or to which a generalization is not applicable. Foll. by to, from. LME.
B. Russell 'Unsupported bodies in air fall' is a general rule to which balloons..are exceptions. A. C. Boult Sir Henry was most kind to younger musicians and I was no exception.
Law (now Hist.). A plea made by a defendant in bar of a plaintiff's action; Scot. a defence. Also, an objection made to the ruling of a court during the course of a trial; a plaintiff's objection to a defendant's affidavit or answer as insufficient. LME.
A plea tending to evade the force of an opponent's argument; a formal objection to a proceeding, a person's fitness for office, etc. LME-L17.
Objection, demur, cavil; a complaint, a criticism. Now rare or obsolete exc. in phrs. below. L15.
S. Pepys Sir C. Sedley's exceptions against both words and pronouncing were very pretty.
b. Dislike, dissatisfaction. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
II.
= ACCEPTION 1. LME-E17.
Phrases: beyond exception = without exception (b) below. take exception (to) object (to), take offence (at). without exception (a) with no one or nothing excepted (emphasizing the universality of a proposition etc.); (b) beyond reproach or suspicion. with the exception of except for.
exceptionable adjective (a) to which exception may be taken; (b) exceptional: L17.
exceptionableness noun (rare) M17.
exceptionably adverb (rare) in an exceptionable manner; exceptionally: E19.
exceptionary adjective (rare) of, pertaining to, or indicative of an exception; exceptional: L18.
exceptionless adjective without an exception; not admitting of an exception: L16.