Associations to the word «Exception»

EXCEPTION, noun. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

EXCEPTION, noun. 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.

EXCEPTION, noun. (legal) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.

EXCEPTION, noun. ​An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.

EXCEPTION, noun. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, especially as caused by an error condition.

EXCEPTION HANDLER, noun. (computing) A method or subroutine that handles an exception.

EXCEPTION HANDLERS, noun. Plural of exception handler

EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE, noun. A form of argument in which the existence of a counterexample to a rule is used to demonstrate the fact that a rule exists.

EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE, noun. (idiomatic) The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to underscore that the rule exists

EXCEPTION, noun. A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news".

EXCEPTION, noun. 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".

EXCEPTION, noun. Grounds for adverse criticism; "his authority is beyond exception".