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Word: exception (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
  • computing An interruption in normal processing, especially as caused by an error condition.
  • (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.
  • That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
  • The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

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