Exception

Quick meaning: Exception is a noun meaning That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (usually followed by to or against) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
2. (programming, intransitive, informal, rare) To throw an exception.
3. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
4. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
5. (programming) 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.

Example Sentences

null pointer exception

the exception of a rule

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.

Word Forms

• exceptions
• exceptioning
• exceptioned

Synonyms for exception

Depending on context, synonyms include outlier, exclusion.

Antonyms for exception

Common opposites include commonness, generality.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exclusion, special, distinction, uniqueness, one-off, case.

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