Main Entry: ex·cep·tion

Pronunciation: \ik-ˈsep-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

1 : the act of excepting : exclusion
2 : one that is excepted; especially : a case to which a rule does not apply
3 : question, objection <witnesses whose authority is beyond exception — T. B. Macaulay>
4 : an oral or written legal objection