except
verb
1 except
Take exception to.
synonym: demur.
Dutch: uitzonderen
2 except
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
synonyms: exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out.
Roget 610:
reject;
set aside,
lay aside;
give up;
decline
etc.
(refuse)
764;
exclude,
except;
pluck,
spin;
cast.
repudiate,
scout,
set at naught;
fling to the winds,
fling to the dogs,
fling overboard,
fling away,
cast to the winds,
cast to the dogs,
cast overboard,
cast away,
throw to the winds,
throw to the dogs,
throw overboard,
throw away,
toss to the winds,
toss to the dogs,
toss overboard,
toss away;
send to the right about;
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297,
(have done with)
678.
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Dutch: uitsluiten
adverb
Roget 38:
in deduction
etc.
n.;
less;
short of;
minus,
without,
except,
except for,
excepting,
with the exception of,
barring,
save,
exclusive of,
save and except,
with a reservation;
not counting,
if one doesn't count.
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Roget 55:
exclusive of,
barring;
except;
with the exception of;
save;
bating.
Roget 83:
unconformably
etc.
adj.;
except,
unless,
save barring,
beside,
without,
save and except,
let alone.
however,
yet,
but.
once in a blue moon,
once in a million years.
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Moby thesaurus: abjure, abscind, absolve, amputate, annihilate, apart from, aside from, ban, bar, barring, bate, beside, besides, bob, brush aside, but, chuck, chuck out, clip, contemn, contradict, count out, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, decline, deny, despise, disapprove, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, discounting, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispense from, dispense with, disregard, dock, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, ex, except for, except that, excepting, exception taken of, excise, exclude, excluding, exclusive of, excuse, exempt, expostulate, extinguish, extirpate, forswear, free, from, give dispensation from, grant immunity, however, if not, ignore, inveigh against, isolate, kick, knock off, leave out, leaving out, less, let alone, let go, let off, lop, minus, mutilate, nip, not counting, object, off, omit, omitting, other than, outside of, pare, pass by, pass over, pass up, peel, pick out, precluding, protest, prune, push aside, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, release, remise, remit, remonstrate, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, root out, rule out, save, save and except, save the necessity, saving, scout, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shove away, spare, spurn, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, suspend, take off, take out, than, throw away, throw out, truncate, turn away, turn out, unless, unless that, waive, were it not, wipe out, without, yet ... show more.
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