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exception Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: exception/ɪkˈsepʃn/ ▶noun a person or thing that is excepted or that does not follow a rule. ■ the action or state of excepting or being excepted. – phrases take exception to object strongly to. 'exception' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "exception" in the title: an exception to every rule break a rule/make an exception Exception exception to prove his lack of faith in everyone else Exception to setting off names in direct address? exception(s) Hardly exception I can make an exception for them Order of adjectives - is little an exception? the opposite of 'exception to a rule' the rare exception that proved the rule The universities < is /are > not the exception This looked like an exception To make an exception with the exception Look up "exception" at Merriam-Webster Look up "exception" at dictionary.com In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic |
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