Noun: exception ek'sep-shun or ik'sep-shun
- A deliberate act of omission
"with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news";
- exclusion, elision
- 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"
- Grounds for adverse criticism
"his authority is beyond exception"
- (computing) an interruption of normal processing, esp. when caused by an error condition
"The program threw an exception when it encountered invalid input"
Derived forms: exceptions
Type of: beef [informal], bitch [informal], example, exemplum, gripe [informal], illustration, instance, kick [informal], objection, omission, representative, squawk [informal]
Encyclopedia: Exception