exception
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
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law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Latin excipiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin exceptiōder.
Old French excepcion
Anglo-Norman excepciounbor.
Middle English exception
English exception
From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.
Base: except
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: exceptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the exception of a rule
gloss: That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: null pointer exception
Related words: except
exceptional
exception handling
Derived words: be no exception
every rule has an exception
exceptionable
exceptioner
exception handler
exceptionless
exception that proves the rule
exceptious
first-chance exception
make an exception
management by exception
personal exception
state of exception
take exception
there is an exception to every rule
without exception
with the exception of
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: përjashtim
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتِثْنَاء
roman: istiṯnāʔ
lang: Armenian
word: բացառություն
roman: bacʻaṙutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: esceición
lang: Azerbaijani
word: istisna
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́нятак
roman: výnjatak
lang: Bulgarian
word: изключе́ние
roman: izključénie
lang: Catalan
word: excepció
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 例外
roman: lìwài
lang: Czech
word: výjimka
lang: Danish
word: undtagelse
lang: Dutch
word: uitzondering
lang: Esperanto
word: escepto
lang: Estonian
word: erand
lang: Finnish
word: poikkeus
lang: French
word: exception
lang: Galician
word: excepción
lang: Georgian
word: გამონაკლისი
roman: gamonaḳlisi
lang: German
word: Ausnahme
lang: Greek
word: εξαίρεση
roman: exaíresi
lang: Hebrew
word: יוֹצֵא דֹּפֶן
lang: Hebrew
word: יוצא דופן
lang: Hebrew
word: חָרִיג
lang: Hindi
word: अपवाद
roman: apvād
lang: Hungarian
word: kivétel
lang: Icelandic
word: undantekning
lang: Indonesian
word: pengecualian
lang: Ingrian
word: iskljucenija
lang: Irish
word: eisceacht
lang: Italian
word: eccezione
lang: Japanese
word: 例外
roman: reigai
lang: Japanese
word: 殊
roman: koto
lang: Kazakh
word: ерекшелік
roman: erekşelık
lang: Korean
word: 예외
roman: ye'oe
lang: Korean
word: 례외
roman: rye'oe
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бөтөнчө
roman: bötöncö
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өзгөчө
roman: özgöcö
lang: Latin
word: exceptiō
lang: Latvian
word: izņēmums
lang: Lithuanian
word: išimtis
lang: Macedonian
word: исклучок
roman: isklučok
lang: Malay
word: pengecualian
lang: Māori
word: hāungatanga
lang: Māori
word: rerenga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: unntak
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aberrasjon
lang: Pashto
word: استثنا
roman: estesnã
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِسْتِثْنا
roman: estesnâ
lang: Polish
word: wyjątek
lang: Portuguese
word: exceção
lang: Romanian
word: excepție
lang: Russian
word: исключе́ние
roman: isključénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fàgail a-mach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: изузе́так
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: izuzétak
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: iznimka
lang: Slovak
word: výnimka
lang: Slovene
word: izjema
lang: Spanish
word: excepción
lang: Spanish
word: salvedad
lang: Swedish
word: undantag
lang: Tajik
word: истисно
roman: istisno
lang: Thai
word: ข้อยกเว้น
roman: kɔ̂ɔ-yók-wén
lang: Thai
word: การยกเว้น
lang: Turkish
word: istisna
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́няток
roman: výnjatok
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́йняток
roman: výjnjatok
lang: Urdu
word: اِسْتِثْنا
roman: istisnā
lang: Urdu
word: اِسْتِثْنیٰ
roman: istisnā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىستىسنا
roman: istisna
lang: Uzbek
word: istisno
lang: Vietnamese
word: lệ ngoại
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngoại lệ
lang: Welsh
word: eithriad
lang: Zazaki
word: istisna
lang: Zazaki
word: ciya (diq)
lang: Bulgarian
word: отво́д
roman: otvód
lang: Catalan
word: excepció
lang: Finnish
word: ehto
lang: Hungarian
word: kifogás
lang: Hungarian
word: ellenvetés
lang: Indonesian
word: pengecualian
lang: Irish
word: eisceacht
lang: Latin
word: exceptio
lang: Malay
word: pengecualian
lang: Russian
word: отво́д
roman: otvód
lang: Welsh
word: gwrthwynebiad