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Definition of Exception

Exception The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. 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. An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. Related Definitions: Act, Action, Against, Almost, Also, An, As, Bail, Be, Before, By, Case, Cause, Cavil, Charge, Class, Clause, Conveyancing, Course, Decision, Disapprobation, Dissent, Distinct, Every, Excepted, Excepting, Excluding, Exclusion, Followed, From, General, Granted, Grantor, His, Has, Impertinence, In, Included, Insufficiency, Is, Judge, Jury, Lapse, Not, Objection, Of, Offense, Or, Oral, Otherwise, Out, Person, Pleading, Restriction, Rule, Scandal, Security, Something, Specified, Statement, Taken, Taking, That, The, Thing, Time, To, Trail, Which, Would, Written

Exception Quotations I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. John F. Kennedy I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. Groucho Marx The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. Friedrich Nietzsche If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. Victor Kiam

Exception Translations exception in Danish is undtagelse exception in Dutch is uitzondering exception in German is Ausnahme {f}, ausnahme exception in Italian is eccezionale exception in Norwegian is unntagelse, innsigelse exception in Swedish is undantag

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