English Online Dictionary. What means exception? What does exception mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpʃən/, /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
- Homophone: acception (for pronunciations with schwa)
Noun
exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)
- The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
- That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
- Synonym: outlier
- Antonyms: commonness, generality
- (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.
- (usually followed by to or against) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
- (programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.
- null pointer exception
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exceptiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
Noun
exception f (plural exceptions)
- exception
- Antonym: règle
- L'exception confirme la règle. ― The exception proves the rule.
- (programming) exception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)
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Further reading
- “exception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.