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What does exception mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word exception? Here's what it means.

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 excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included
  3. (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.
  4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
  5. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.
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There's nothing I can't deem binge-worthy if I stare at it long enough, but even I would make an exception for those cookies.
The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
The only exception to this is the full text of a guising, or Galoshin, play from Balmaghie.
The exception appears in the book's middle, where a different sort of text is accompanied by rough crayonings of a couple making love.
Grammars of Old French are without exception based on the Francien dialect.
The only exception is the Norwegian trench, which extends parallel to the Norwegian shoreline from Oslo to an area north of Bergen.

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