exception
/ɪkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n
/ /ɛkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/noun
A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule: he always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception the administrator made an exception in the Colonel’s case and waived the normal visiting hours...
- There are a number of well-established exceptions to the general rule and their list is not closed.
- I have a friend and neighbour called Peter Thomson who is an exception to the general rule.
- An exception to this general rule is formed by a cheque which bears on its front the letter R.
Synonyms
anomaly, irregularity, deviation, special case, departure, inconsistency, quirk, peculiarity, abnormality, oddity;
misfit
informal freak
Phrases
the exception proves the rule
take exception to
with the exception of
without exception
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin exceptio(n-), from excipere 'take out' (see except).
Rhymes
- radgie
- radgy
- Radha
- Radhakrishnan, Sir Sarvepalli
- radiaesthesia
- radiaesthetic
- radial
- radial arm saw
- radial artery
- radial circuit
- radial curve
- radiale
- radial energy
- radial engine
- radial-engined
- radial-flow
- radialised
- radiality
- radialization
- radialized
- radially
- radial nerve
- radial-ply
- radial saw
- radial sawed