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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exception \Ex*cep"tion\, n. [L. exceptio: cf F. exception.] 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; as almost every general rule has its exceptions. Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. --Cowper. Note: Often with to That proud exception to all nature's laws. --Pope. 3. (Law) An objection, oral or written, taken in the course of an action as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. --Burrill. 4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. --Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. --Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak. {Bill of exceptions} (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exception n 1: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: {exclusion}] 2: an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule" 3: grounds for adverse criticism; "his authority is beyond exception" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: exception An error condition that changes the normal {flow of control} in a program. An exception may be generated ("raised") by {hardware} or {software}. Hardware exceptions include {reset}, {interrupt} or a signal from a {memory management unit}. Exceptions may be generated by the {arithmetic logic unit} or {floating-point unit} for numerical errors such as divide by zero, {overflow} or {underflow} or {instruction decoding} errors such as privileged, reserved, {trap} or undefined instructions. Software exceptions are even more varied and the term could be applied to any kind of error checking which alters the normal behaviour of the program. (1994-10-31) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc "The exception proves the rule" is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, "_Exceptio probat regulam_" means that the exception _tests_ the rule puts it to the proof, not _confirms_ it The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.
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