Exception

/əkˈsɛpʃən/

Synonyms for "exception" (268 found)

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Closest matches (54)

abjuration abjurement abnormalityadverse criticismallowance amazement animadversion anomaly answer argument aspersionastonishing thingastonishmentbad noticesbad pressban bar barring beef bitch

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blockade blockage boycottcall into questioncaptiousness carping cavil caviling censoriousness cession challenge charter chuckingchucking outcircumscription complaint compunction concession condition contempt contradictionconversation piececounterstatement criticism curio curiosity debarment

Noun(6 words)

abnormalities anomalies anomaly counterexample counterexamplesde vez em quando

Verb(1 words)

circumvent regulations

Strong matches (80)

debarring declination declining defense demarcation demonstration demur demurrer denial departure despisal despisingdiplomatic immunitydisagree withdisapproval discard discharge disclamation discounting dismissal

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disownment disregard embargo exclusion exemption expostulationextenuating circumstancesfaultfinding flak franchise freak gazingstockgrain of saltgrant grievancegrievance committeehairsplitting hedge hedging hithome thrusthostile criticismhowl hypercriticalness hypercriticism ignoring immunity improbability imputation inadmissibilityindignation meetinginjunction irregularity kick knocklegislative immunityliberty license limitation lockout march marvel marvelmentmental reservationmiracle modification

Adjective(2 words)

deviant resultisolated case

Noun(11 words)

deviation dispensation elision exclusion exemptions freaks irregularity isolate loophole loopholesmarkedly different

Verb(1 words)

give in under pressure

Related words (134)

museum piecenagging narrowing niggle niggling nitnit pickingnit-picking nonacceptance nonadmission nonapproval nonconformist nonconsideration nonesuchnonviolent protestobject toobjection obloquy oddity omission

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oppose overcriticalnesspassing bypatent peculiarity permission pestering pettifogging phenomenon picketing plea pleading preclusion priggishness privilege prodigiosity prodigy prohibition protestprotest demonstrationprotestation provision provisoputting awayputting outqualification qualm quibble quibbling quirkquite a thingrally rap rarity rebuff rebuttal recantation reflection refusal refutation rejection release relegation remonstrance remonstration renouncement reply reproachfulness repudiation repulse reservation response restriction riposte salvo scouting scruple sensation sightsit insit-in slamsomething elsespecial casespecial demurrerspecial pleadingspecial treatmentspecialness specification spectacle spurning squawkstatement of defensestipulationstrange thingstricture strike string stunner swipe tabootake exception totaking exceptionteach inteach-in termthrowing outtrichoschistismturning outwaiver wonderwonderful thingwonderment

Noun(16 words)

nl exclusiefodd one outoddballs oddity outlieroutlier in dataoutlier organismoverride privilegeprovided you haveprovisos reservations rtesingle outvariances waiver

Adjective(5 words)

one-off eventrare caserare occurrencestrangestunusual case

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

benefit case example illustration instance objection occurrence omission privilege representative situation

More specific

4 entries

dispensation outlierrare casewaiver

Collocations

5 entries

exception to the rulegrant an exceptionmake an exceptionspecial exceptionwith the exception of

Inflections

1 entries

exceptions

Derivations

3 entries

exceptional exceptionality exceptionally

Translations

87 translations across 61 languages.

Albanian

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përjashtim noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Arabic

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اِسْتِثْنَاء noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Armenian

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բացառություն noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Asturian

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esceición noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Azerbaijani

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istisna noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Belarusian

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вы́нятак noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Bulgarian

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изключе́ние noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
отво́д noun ((law) an objection)

Catalan

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excepció noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
excepció noun ((law) an objection)

Chinese Mandarin

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例外 noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Czech

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výjimka noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Danish

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undtagelse noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Dutch

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uitzondering noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Esperanto

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escepto noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Estonian

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erand noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Finnish

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ehto noun ((law) an objection)
poikkeus noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

French

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exception noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Galician

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excepción noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Georgian

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გამონაკლისი noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

German

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Ausnahme noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Greek

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εξαίρεση noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Hebrew

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חָרִיג noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
יוֹצֵא דֹּפֶן noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
יוצא דופן noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Hindi

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अपवाद noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Hungarian

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ellenvetés noun ((law) an objection)
kifogás noun ((law) an objection)
kivétel noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Icelandic

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undantekning noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Indonesian

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pengecualian noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
pengecualian noun ((law) an objection)

Ingrian

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iskljucenija noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Iranian Persian

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اِسْتِثْنا noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Irish

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eisceacht noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
eisceacht noun ((law) an objection)

Italian

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eccezione noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Japanese

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例外 noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
殊 noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Kazakh

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ерекшелік noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Korean

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례외 noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
예외 noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Kyrgyz

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бөтөнчө noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
өзгөчө noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Latin

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exceptio noun ((law) an objection)
exceptiō noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Latvian

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izņēmums noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Lithuanian

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išimtis noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Macedonian

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исклучок noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Malay

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pengecualian noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
pengecualian noun ((law) an objection)

Māori

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hāungatanga noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
rerenga noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

aberrasjon noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
unntak noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Pashto

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استثنا noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Polish

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wyjątek noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Portuguese

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exceção noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Romanian

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excepție noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Russian

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исключе́ние noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
отво́д noun ((law) an objection)

Scottish Gaelic

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fàgail a-mach noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Serbo-Croatian

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iznimka noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
izuzétak noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
изузе́так noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Slovak

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výnimka noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Slovene

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izjema noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Spanish

2 entries

excepción noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
salvedad noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Swedish

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undantag noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Tajik

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истисно noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Thai

2 entries

การยกเว้น noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
ข้อยกเว้น noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Turkish

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istisna noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ви́йняток noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
ви́няток noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Urdu

2 entries

اِسْتِثْنا noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
اِسْتِثْنیٰ noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Uyghur

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ئىستىسنا noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Uzbek

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istisno noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Vietnamese

2 entries

lệ ngoại noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
ngoại lệ noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Welsh

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eithriad noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
gwrthwynebiad noun ((law) an objection)

Zazaki

2 entries

ciya (diq) noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)
istisna noun (that which is excepted or taken out from others)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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We will make an exception of your case.

Source: tatoeba (17049)

There is an exception to every rule.

Source: tatoeba (37529)

Every team, without exception, was defeated.

Source: tatoeba (37585)

Those regulations all apply to everyone without a single exception.

Source: tatoeba (42003)

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