exception
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deliberate act of omission
with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news
Types & categories
- omission hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child
Types & categories
- example hypernym
Related & opposite
- exceptional derivation
Sense 3 noun
grounds for adverse criticism
his authority is beyond exception
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- demur derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elide |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | omit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | omission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exceptional |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | example |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | demur |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | objection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | caption |