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exception

UK
/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
US
/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

Translations

exceptionnoun
exceptions
pl
UK
/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
US
/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
Every student passed the exam, with the exception of John.
Tous les élèves ont réussi l'examen, à l'exception de John.
exceptionDroit et informatique.
The attorney raised an exception to the admissibility of the evidence.
L'avocat a soulevé une exception quant à la recevabilité de la preuve.
Additional translations
exclusionSens plus général d'exclusion ou de mise à part.
Synonyms
deviation
exceptional case
special case
outlier
irregularity
exclusion
anomaly
exceptionadjective
UK
/ɪkˈsɛp.ʃən/
US
/ɪkˈsɛp.ʃən/
Used attributively before another noun, especially in technical contexts (e.g., "exception handling").

Definitions

exceptionnoun
A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
Every student passed the exam, with the exception of John.
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion.
The policy makes no exception for late submissions.
A formal objection or protest, especially in legal contexts.
The attorney raised an exception to the admissibility of the evidence.
Computing: an error or unusual condition that disrupts normal program execution and can be caught and handled by code.
The function throws an exception when the input value is null.
exceptionadjective
Attributive: relating to or denoting a case, condition, or item that deviates from what is normal or expected.
The software includes an exception handler for unexpected input.
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