Word: exception
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ex
cep
tion
Definition: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
Morphemes:
Affix: except
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: exceptus
Language: la
Decoded: exceptus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: taken out, having been taken out; excepted, having been excepted
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.