Exception

We will make an exception of your case.

There is an exception to every rule.

Every team, without exception, was defeated.

Those regulations all apply to everyone without a single exception.

We are all poor swimmers with the possible exception of Jack.

This is an exception to the rule.

This rule allows no exception.

With this one exception, it is quite wrong to suppose that a simple culture will also have a simple language.

It's been hot this month, but today's an exception.

I cannot look on anybody as a national hero with the exception of Shigeo Nagashima.

the exception of a rule

That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had abolished slavery but allowed one major exception: slavery remained appropriate as punishment for a crime.

null pointer exception