Part 4008

<hw>Ex*cep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exceptio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exception</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; <as>as, almost every general rule has its <ex>exceptions</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Such rare <b>exceptions</b>, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<note>Often with <i>to</i>.</note>

<blockquote>That proud <b>exception</b> to all nature's laws. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by <i>to</i> or <i>against</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I will never answer what <b>exceptions</b> they can have against our account [relation]. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He . . . took <b>exception</b> to the place of their burial. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>She takes <b>exceptions</b> at your person. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bill of exceptions</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.</cd></cs>

<h1>Exceptionable</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cep"tion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>This passage I look upon to be the most <b>exceptionable</b> in the whole poem. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exceptional</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cep"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exceptionnel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<blockquote>This particular spot had <b>exceptional</b> advantages. <i>Jowett (Th. )</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ex*cep"tion*al*ly</wf><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exceptioner</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cep"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who takes exceptions or makes objections.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Exceptionless</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cep"tion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without exception.</def>

<blockquote>A universal, . . . <b>exceptionless</b> disqualification. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exceptious</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cep"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>