Found 4 items, similar to exception.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: exception
pengecualian
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: exception
eksepsi, kekecualian, pengecualian, perkecualian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exception
exception
n 1: a deliberate act of omission;
“with the exception of the
children, everyone was told the news” [syn:
exclusion,
elision]
2: an instance that does not conform to a rule or
generalization;
“all her children were brilliant; the only
exception was her last child”;
“an exception tests the
rule”
3: grounds for adverse criticism;
“his authority is beyond
exception”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exception
Exception
\Ex*cep"tion\ ([e^]k*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [L. exceptio:
cf. F. exception.]
1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction
by taking out something which would otherwise be included,
as in a class, statement, rule.
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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.
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Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark,
Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark.
--Cowper.
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Note: Often with to.
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That proud exception to all nature's laws.
--Pope.
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3. (Law) 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. --Burrill.
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4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense;
cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
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I will never answer what exceptions they can have
against our account [relation]. --Bentley.
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He . . . took exception to the place of their
burial. --Bacon.
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She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak.
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Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the
decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a
cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided
on record so as to bring them before a superior court or
the full bench for review.
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