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exceptions

NOUN

leaving out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

omission

STRONG

barring debarment exclusion expulsion rejection repudiation reservation

WEAK

disallowment excepting excusing noninclusion passing over

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance allowance ratification

WEAK

admittal admittance inclusion normality regularity usualness

NOUN

special case; irregularity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anomaly exemption oddity privilege

STRONG

allowance departure deviation difference dispensation eccentricity freak inconsistency nonconformity peculiarity quirk

WEAK

anomalism perquisitor privileged person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normality regularity standard usualness

STRONG

commonality conformity sameness similarity uniformity

WEAK

admittal admittance inclusion

Example Sentences

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Outside of a few exceptions, substantial shares of college students in all disciplines have copped to ChatGPT-ing their way through school.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

With some exceptions, states seen as bigger markets tend to have higher tax rates, as they have greater leverage to bargain with the sports-betting operators.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

There were only rare exceptions to these rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The council said it had decided people selling cakes in this way fell under its street trading policy, and while it is aimed mostly at bigger businesses, it cannot make exceptions.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Basically the third floor is entirely the sixth grade, the second floor is the seventh grade, and the first floor is the eighth grade, with a few exceptions.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor