exception

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əkˈsɛpʃən/, SAMPA: /@k"sEpS@n/

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Etymology

From the Latin exceptio.

Noun

exception (plural exceptions)

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. 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.
3. (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.
4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
5. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, especially as caused by an error condition.

Derived terms

• exception that proves the rule
• take exception
• there is an exception to every rule
• without exception

Related terms

• except
• exceptional

Translations

act of excepting or excluding; exclusion

Bulgarian: изключване (bg) n. Czech: výjimka (cs) f. Esperanto: esceptado (eo) Estonian: erand (et) Faroese: undantak (fo) n.

Finnish: poikkeus (fi) German: Ausnahme (de) f. Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach (gd) f. Serbian: iznimka f., izuzetak m., izuzeće n.

that which is excepted or taken out from others

Arabic: استثناء (ar) (istishnaa') m. Bulgarian: изключение (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 例外 (cmn) (lìwài) Dutch: uitzondering (nl) Esperanto: escepto (eo) Estonian: erand (et) Finnish: poikkeus (fi)

French: exception (fr) f. German: Ausnahme (de) f. Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f. Japanese: 例外 (ja) (reigai) Polish: wyjątek (pl) m. Russian: исключение (ru) (iskljúčenije) n. Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach (gd) f.

(law) an objection

Bulgarian: отвод (bg) m. Finnish: ehto (fi)

Latin: exceptio (la)

an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense

Bulgarian: възражение (bg) n. Finnish: kritiikki (fi), vastustus (fi)

computing: an interruption in normal processing

Czech: výjimka (cs) f. Finnish: virhe (fi) German: Exception (de) f., Ausnahmebedingung (de) f.

Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f. Polish: wyjątek (pl) m.

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French: exception Spanish: excepción f. Italian: eccezione

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French

Noun

exception f. (plural exceptions)

1. exception

Derived terms

• à l'exception de