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Definitions: Exception |
ExceptionNoun1. A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exception" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Exception \Ex*cep"tion\, noun. [Latin expression exceptio: compare to the French expression exception.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "The exception proves the rule" is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, "Exceptio probat regulam" means that the exception tests the rule, puts it to the proof, not confirms it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | Exception An error condition that changes the normal flow of control in a program. An exception may be generated ("raised") by hardware or software. Hardware exceptions include reset, interrupt or a signal from a memory management unit. Exceptions may be generated by the arithmetic logic unit or floating-point unit for numerical errors such as divide by zero, overflow or underflow or instruction decoding errors such as privileged, reserved, trap or undefined instructions. Software exceptions are even more varied and the term could be applied to any kind of error checking which alters the normal behaviour of the program. (1994-10-31). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Finance | An item that may not be covered by title insurance because it limits in some way the owner's right to his or her property. Exceptions may include easements, liens, and deed restrictions. (references) |
Mining | A reservation or exception of the minerals in a tract of land conveyed is a separation of the estate in the minerals from the estate in the surface, and it makes no difference whether the word used is excepted or reserved. (references) |
Shipping | Notations made when the cargo is received at the carrier's terminal or loaded aboard a vessel. They show any irregularities in packaging or actual or suspected damage to the cargo. Exceptions are then noted on the bill of lading. (references) |
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Synonyms: ExceptionSynonyms: elision (n), exclusion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Verb: disapprove; dislike; lament; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil admirari, disvalue; improbate. |
Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about. | |
Animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism; sardonic grin, sardonic laugh; sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo; bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment. | |
Exclusion | Noun: exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile; (seclusion); noninclusion, preclusion, prohibition. |
Adverb: exclusive of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating. | |
Exemption | Noun: exemption; absence; exception, immunity, privilege, release. |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Adverb: in deduction; Noun: less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count. |
Qualification | Take exception. |
Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print. | |
Resentment | Verb: resent; take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie; breathe revenge, cut up rough. |
Unconformity | Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter. |
Uniformity | Always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise; by clockwork. |
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Screenplays | Alright -- Superman's the exception! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) Well I'm sure he could make an exception for you. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) With the exception of sporting events and bachelor parties, we basically bottle up our feelings until we die. (Pepper Ann; writing credit: Scott Gimple; Madellaine Paxson) Yeah, but in your case I'll make an exception. (Eraser; writing credit: Tony Puryear; Walon Green) | |
Lyrics | There's no exception to the rule, listen baby (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville) No exception to this rule (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant) Objection I don't wanna be the exception (Objection (Tango); performing artist: Shakira) So objection I don't wanna be the exception (Objection (Tango); performing artist: Shakira) | |
Clever | There is an exception to every rule, and most people think they are it. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Salmonella septicemia has been associated with subsequent infection of virtually every organ system, and the nervous system is no exception. Here we see an acute inflammatory encephalitis due to S. typhi bacteria.Credit: CDC. |  | A resolve. Cousin Kate--now that you are well off, Charles, you mustn't let them say of you, a fool and his money are soon parted. Charles--no, you bet I won't; I'll show them that I'm an exception to the rule.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | One exception.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Single tobacco flower. The tobacco plant is "topped" before it blooms in the field, with exception of a few plants which are saved out for seed. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Antoine Rivarol | Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. |
Henry David Thoreau | The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward. |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order. |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House--with thepossible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined here alone. |
Robert Burton | No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. |
Victor Cousin | You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. |
Will Rogers | For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity. |
William Hazlitt | Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Secondly, But this privilege, belonging only to the king's person, hinders not, but they may be questioned, opposed, and resisted, who use unjust force, though they pretend a commission from him, which the law authorizes not; as is plain in the case of him that has the king's writ to arrest a man, which is a full commission from the king; and yet he that has it cannot break open a man's house to do it, nor execute this command of the king upon certain days, nor in certain places, though this commission have no such exception in it; but they are the limitations of the law, which if any one transgress, the king's commission excuses him not: for the king's authority being given him only by the law, he cannot impower any one to act against the law, or justify him, by his commission, in so doing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As an exception to the above provision and inasmuch as in 1871 Germany refused to undertake any portion of the burden of the French debt, France shall be, in respect of Alsace-Lorraine, exempt from any payment under Article 254. (reference) |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | Litigation involving pregnancy, which is "capable of repetition, yet evading review," is an exception to the usual federal rule that an actual controversy must exist at review stages, and not simply when the action is initiated. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | With the exception of this little blot, Emma found that his visit hitherto had given her friend only good ideas of him. |
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis | If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for both lovers, and for all pairs of lovers without exception, bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The exception indicated the ever relentless vigour with which society frowned upon her sin. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This brief bill of fare was, however, an exception, reserved for the scholars alone. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This sourcebook is no exception. (references) | |
Their part in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is no exception. (references) | ||
Person-to-person transmission has not been reported, with the exception of vertical transmission from an infected mother to fetus. (references) | ||
Business | Singapore is no exception. (references) | |
The travel and tourism sector is no exception. (references) | ||
The water supply sector, however, is an exception. (references) | ||
Children | Croatia | The majority of students continue their education to the age of 18, with Roma being the only notable exception. (references) |
Hungary | The Ministry of Education estimates that 95 percent of school-age children, with the exception of Roma children, are enrolled in school. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | Most traditional religions, with the exception of the Afrikania Mission, do not register. (references) |
Economic History | Zambia | A notable exception is South Africa. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan's 1998 Law on Foreign Investment is no exception. (references) | |
Finland | The Aland Islands are an exception to common Finnish practice. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | Almost without exception, the police investigators conclude that suspects were resisting arrest. (references) |
Barbados | Aside from this exception, the police force is mostly unarmed, in keeping with its British traditions. (references) | |
Russia | Federal forces took approximately 100 persons to filtration camps, but eventually released them with the exception of 4 or 5 persons who disappeared. (references) | |
Minorities | Eritrea | Societal attitudes toward members of Jehovah's Witnesses are the exception to a widespread religious tolerance. (references) |
Romania | A government decree permits students in state-funded primary and secondary schools to be taught in their own language, with the exception of secondary school courses on the history and geography of Romania. (references) | |
Tajikistan | The number of Uzbek language newspapers, television broadcasts, and schools has declined significantly since 1992. With the exception of the trilingual (Tajik/Uzbek/Russian) school structure, the Uzbek language has no official status. (references) | |
Political Economy | EL SALVADOR | Poultry is the notable exception. (references) |
PARAGUAY | Collective contracts are still the exception rather than the norm in labor/management relations. (references) | |
SAUDI ARABIA | All ten banks have majority private ownership, with the exception of National Commercial Bank (NCB). (references) | |
Political Rights | Armenia | Some military units were compelled to vote without exception for Kocharian, and officials used pressure to encourage a large turnout for the "official" candidate. (references) |
Chile | The legislative branch, with the exception of 11 nonelected senators among the 49 members of the upper house, is elected freely and is independent from the executive branch. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | The introduction of 10 new seats for the 1999 parliamentary elections in the Majilis distributed by party-list vote enhanced the role of political parties, which, with the exception of the Communist Party, were previously very weak. (references) | |
Trade | Dominican Rep | The exception applies for r shipments from countries where there is not a Dominican Consulate. (references) |
Costa Rica | Products traded among CACM members are duty-free, with the exception of certain items, notably agricultural products. (references) | |
Brazil | All tariffs are ad valorem, levied on the c.i.f. value of the import, with the exception of some telecommunication goods. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | Qatar is no exception. (references) |
Norway | Violent crime, however, remains the exception; thieves and burglars almost never use weapons. (references) | |
Senegal | Camping or visiting villages along these routes is strongly discouraged, with the exception of camping within Cap Skirring. (references) | |
Women | Qatar | Non-Muslim wives inherit nothing, unless a special exception is arranged. (references) |
Tunisia | There is no legal exception to this law for spousal rape, but in part due to social stigma there were no reports of spousal rape being prosecuted. (references) | |
Ethiopia | The major exception is in cases of marriage by abduction where the perpetrator is not punished if the victim agrees to marry him (unless the marriage is annulled); even after a perpetrator is convicted, the sentence is commuted if the victim marries him. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Botswana | Nevertheless, employers generally provide for worker safety, with an occasional exception in the construction industry. (references) |
Haiti | The minimum employment age in all sectors is 15 years, with the exception of domestic service, for which the minimum is 12 years of age. (references) | |
Guatemala | All workers have the right to form or join unions, including public sector employees, with the exception of members of the security forces. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALLIGATOR, n. The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Herodotus says the Indus is, with one exception, the only river that produces crocodiles, but they appear to have gone West and grown up with the other rivers. From the notches on his back the alligator is called a sawrian. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Dobson | I certainly hope so. And it looks like we're going to have it with the exception of Germany and France and maybe China and Russia and Cuba. I think we're going to have a broad coalition that is going to go with us. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | To this state of general peace with which we have been blessed, one only exception exists. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | An occurrence has indeed taken place in the Gulf of Mexico which, if sanctioned by the Spanish Government, may make an exception as to that power. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The repression of piracy in the West Indian and in the Grecian seas has been effectually maintained, with scarcely any exception. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This is not the first time that the Government of France has taken exception to the messages of American Presidents. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But with that one exception, let us look to those others in our land who cry out for children to adopt. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now that the Cold War has passed, it's tempting to believe that all the security issues, with the possible exception of trade, reside here at home. |
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| "Exception" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exception" is used about 2,917 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2,917 | 3,199 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "exception": all without exception ♦ as an exception ♦ be exception ♦ bill of exception ♦ by way of exception ♦ data exception ♦ exception file ♦ exception handler ♦ exception list ♦ fatal exception ♦ honourable exception ♦ make an exception for ♦ take exception ♦ take exception at ♦ take exception to ♦ the exception proves the rule ♦ there is no rule without an exception ♦ with the exception of ♦ without exception. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "exception": exception-based. | |
Ending with "exception": half-exception, tiny-exception. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "exception"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging), përjashtim (disqualification, elimination, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, immunity, ouster, reserve), kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستثنى (immune), الدفع, إستثناء (exclusion, exemption, immunity), إعتراض (blockage, demur, interception, intervention, kick, objection, protest, protestation, quibble, remonstrance, stop, stoppage), شذوذ (abecedarian, aberration, abnormality, anomaly, anomie, eccentricity, kink, oddity, quirk, sports). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възражение (answer, caveat, demur, demurrer, deprecation, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply, reservation), отвод (challenge, deviation, layer, offset), изключение (exclusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 例外 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výjimka (odd-man-out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | undtagelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitzondering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | escepto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | undantak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | استثناء (Exclusion, Reservation), اعتراض (Defiance, Objection, Protest, Remonstrance), رد (Denial, Disavow, Disavowal, Disproof, Rebuff, Rebuttal, Refusal, Rejection, Repulse, Veto). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poikkeus (anomaly, derogation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | exception. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausnahme (provision for retired farmers, retirement, settlement on retirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξαίρεση (ablation, amputation, derogation, exception to, exclusion, exemption, objection, special authorisation, traumatic amputation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יוצא מן "כלל (exceptional, extraordinary, odd, particular, unusual), חרי'ות (abnormality, irregularity), חרי'" (anomaly, deviation, irregularity), "ת '"ות (antagonism, contradiction, contrariness, dissidence, impugnation, objection, opposition, resistance), "שמט" (deletion, omission, oversight, remission, skip), "סתי'ות (demurrer, qualification, qualifications, reservation, saving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kivétel (ablation, excision, exemption, pull out, pulling out, recover, removal, taking out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | eksepsi (demurrer), perkecualian, pengecualian, kekecualian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eccezione (objection, protest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 除外例 , 除外 (exclusion), 特例 (special case), 異例 (exceptional, illness, singular, unprecedented), 例外 , 変種 (eccentric personality, freak, hybrid, mutation, novelty, variety), 変り種 (eccentric personality, freak, hybrid, mutation, novelty, variety), 変わり種 (eccentric personality, freak, hybrid, mutation, novelty, variety), 別物 (another thing, special case), 別 (another, difference, different, distinction, extra, particular, separate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | べつもの (another thing, special case), べつ (another, difference, different, distinction, extra, particular, separate), かわり ね (eccentric personality, freak, hybrid, mutation, novelty, variety), いれい (authority, comfort the spirit, exceptional, illness, singular, unconventionality, unprecedented, violation of law), れいがい (cold-weather damage), じょがいれい, じょがい (exclusion), へ"しゅ (eccentric personality, freak, hybrid, mutation, novelty, swindling, variety), とくれい (encouragement, special case, urge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예외. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhimmey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | unntagelse, innsigelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | eksepshon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exceptionay exceção. (various references) excepţie (Nonsuch), rezervã (aloofness, budget, chill, condition, deposit, distance, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reservation, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, stand by, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, substitute, supply), obiecţie (objection, remonstrance), abatere (anomaly, deflection, departure, deviation, digression, error, excursion, kick, licence, license, obliquity, swerve, transgression). (various references) возражение (answer, back talk, come back, demur, demurral, demurrer, deprecation, objection, rejoinder, remonstrance, retort, return), особая ситуация, исключение (avoidance, elimination, exclusion, expulsion). (various references) odstupanje (aberration, declination, departure, deviation, retreat), izuzetak (exceptive). (various references) excepción (derogation). (various references) undantag (derogation, dispensation, exceptions, exclusion, exemption, provision for retired farmers, retirement, saving, settlement on retirement, special authorisation). (various references) คนที่ไ"้รับการยกเว้น, ข้อยกเว้น. (various references) sıradışı durum, kuraldışılık (anomaly, irregularity, solecism), istisna (exceptional), hariç tutma (dispensation, exclusion), ayrım yapma. (various references) виняток (exclusion, singularity, waiver), заперечення (answer, but, demur, denegation, denial, deprecation, disavowal, disclaimer, impugnment, nay-say, negative, no, objection, opposition, plea, protest, rejoinder, repudiation, retort), дорікання (objurgation). (various references) sự trừ ra, sự loại ra cái trừ ra, cái loại ra. (various references) eithriad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cautionem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exception": exceptionabilities, exceptionability, exceptionable, exceptionably, exceptional, exceptionalism, exceptionalisms, exceptionalities, exceptionality, exceptionally, exceptionalness, exceptionalnesses, exceptions. (additional references) | |
Words containing "exception": unexceptionable, unexceptionableness, unexceptionablenesses, unexceptionably, unexceptional. (additional references) | |
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"Exception" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eaception, ecception, eggception, enception, excemption, exceptinon, exceptio, excertion, excution, exeption, expection. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exception" (pronounced ikse"pshun) |
| 6 | -s e" p sh u n | conception, contraception, deception, inception, interception, misconception, misperception, perception, preconception, reception. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, anticorruption, assumption, caption, conniption, conscription, consumption, contraption, corruption, description, disruption, egyptian, encryption, eruption, exemption, gumption, inscription, interruption, nonprescription, option, overconsumption, preemption, prescription, presumption, proscription, redemption, resumption, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, poll |
