exception

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Synonyms: excerption, exceptio, perception, deception, exertion, inception, reception, excretion, ereption, exemption, exsection

Antonyms: excerption, exceptio, perception, deception, exertion, inception, reception, excretion, ereption, exemption, exsection

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Noun

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
3. {{lb|en|legal}} An [[objection]], on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or [[reserve]]s something before the right is transferred.
4. {{senseid|en|objection}} {{lb|en|usually|followed by '''to''' or '''against'''}} An objection; [[cavil]]; [[dissent]]; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
5. {{lb|en|programming}} An [[interruption]] in normal [[process]]ing, typically caused by an [[error]] [[condition]], that can be raised ("[[throw]]n") by one part of the program and handled ("[[catch|caught]]") by another part.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|programming|intransitive|informal|rare}} To [[throw]] an [[exception#Noun|exception]].

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