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exception

noun B2
MEANING IN ENGLISH

a person or thing that is not included in a general rule or pattern

a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule

A case or instance that does not follow a general rule.; A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

In context

01

Everyone came to dinner, with one exception.

02

English spelling has many rules and many exceptions.

Synonyms

exclusion,anomaly,special case

Antonyms

rule,standard,inclusion

Collocations

without exception,make exception,rare exception

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗