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See definition of exceptions on Dictionary.com
  • nounleaving out
  • nounspecial case; irregularity

synonyms for exceptions

  • omission
  • barring
  • debarment
  • exclusion
  • expulsion
  • rejection
  • repudiation
  • reservation
  • disallowment
  • excepting
  • excusing
  • noninclusion
  • passing over
On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exceptions, such as: omission, rejection, exclusion, barring, expulsion, and reservation.

antonyms for exceptions

MOST RELEVANT
  • acceptance
  • allowance
  • ratification
  • admittance
  • inclusion
  • normality
  • regularity
  • usualness
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How to use exceptions in a sentence

A ten-hour day, speaking in general terms and leaving out individual exceptions, is probably more productive than a day of twelve.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
Subject to the exceptions hereafter named, all dates and numbers should be exactly expressed in the date or number words.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)
The tone is with few exceptions sweet in quality and seldom powerful, but admirably suited to the amateur.
VIOLINS AND VIOLIN MAKERSJOSEPH PEARCE
In the English version—with a few unimportant exceptions—the dates are given according to both calendars.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
The streets are unusually wide and with few exceptions the buildings are modern.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHY
Business men and some professional are the only ones that forge steadily ahead; with precious few exceptions.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
But it is at least deserving of notice, that the very few apparent exceptions to this rule evidently tend to confirm it.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KING
But, with these important exceptions, the government was entrusted to what then began to be called the Ministry.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
These rules might be of any kind, including (subject to exceptions) a total prohibition, then or at any future time.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
The most numerous and the most important of these exceptions relate to women, and will be subsequently dealt with.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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