exception — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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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   Beispiele

   the exception of a rule

2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.

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   Synonyme

   outlier

   Antonyme

   commonnessgenerality

   Beispiele

   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.

3. An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.

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4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.

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5. An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised (“thrown”) by one part of the program and handled (“caught”) by another part.

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   Beispiele

   null pointer exception

Verb

1. To throw an exception.

   Gebrauch

   • informell
   • intransitiv
   • selten

Substantiv

1. a deliberate act of omission

   Synonyme

   exclusionelision

   Oberbegriffe

   omission

   Beispiele

   with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news

2. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

   Oberbegriffe

   exampleillustrationinstancerepresentative

   Beispiele

   all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child

   an exception tests the rule

3. grounds for adverse criticism

   Oberbegriffe

   objection

   Beispiele

   his authority is beyond exception