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exception

noun

1 exception

A deliberate act of omission:
— With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news.

synonyms: elision, exclusion.

Roget 777a: exemption; absence etc. 187; exception, immunity, privilege, release.   

Roget 932: disapprobation, disapproval; improbation; disesteem, disvaluation, displacency; odium; dislike etc. 867.    dispraise, discommendation; blame, censure, ... show more

Roget 83: nonconformity etc. 82; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness etc. adj.; exception, ... show more

Roget 55: exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile etc. (seclusion) 893; noninclusion, preclusion, prohibition.    separation, ... show more

Roget 469: qualification, limitation, modification, coloring.    allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances; mitigation.    condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, ... show more

Dutch: weglating
Polish: wykluczenie, wyłączenie

2 exception

An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization.

Dutch: exceptie, afwijking, uitzondering, uitzonderingsgeval
Polish: wyłom, wyjątek, odstępstwo

3 exception

Grounds for adverse criticism.


Moby thesaurus: abjuration, abjurement, abnormality, adverse criticism, allowance, amazement, animadversion, anomaly, answer, argument, aspersion, astonishing thing, astonishment, bad notices, bad press, ban, bar, barring, beef, bitch ... show more.

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