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Exception

British pronunciation/ɛksˈɛpʃən/
American pronunciation/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
Exception
[NOUN]
1

a deliberate act of omission

synonyms : elision
exclusion
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2

a person or thing that does not follow a general rule or is excluded from a class or group

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3

grounds for adverse criticism

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Examples
1Other researchers have pointed out exceptions, though.
2So these two cases, the case of Tunisia and Israel, from that point of view are exceptions.
3Lawyers and doctors and real estate agents, for example, have exceptions.
4Now, a British chemist, by the name of Henry Armstrong, took exception to this.
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