1 |
[ noun ] a deliberate act of omission
Examples "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` This is one of the major items in the Fulton_County general assistance program '' , the jury said , but the State_Welfare_Department `` has seen_fit to distribute these funds through the welfare departments of all the counties in the state with the exception of Fulton_County , which receives none of_this money . Hartsfield has been mayor of Atlanta , with exception of one brief interlude , since 1937 . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Most_of these , with horrible exceptions , were conceived as is a ship , not as an attempt to quell the ocean of mankind , nor to deny its force , but as a means to survive and enjoy it . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)Mare_Imbrium seems to be an exception and remains cooler than the regions which surround it . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed_out , and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear , so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar . |
2 |
[ noun ] an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
Examples "all her children were brilliant the only exception was her last child" "an exception tests the rule" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Felix_Kopstein states that `` when the snake reaches its maturity it has already reached about its maximal length '' , but goes_on to cite the reticulate python as an exception , with maximum length approximately three_times that at maturity . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Felix was the exception . Related terms |
3 | |
* |
|