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excepting
[ik-sep-ting] 
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except
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave out |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bate, count out, debar, disallow, eliminate, exclude, exempt, expostulate, inveigh, object, omit, pass over, protest, reject, remonstrate, rule out, suspend, taboo |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include |
| Main Entry: | barring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | except for |
| Synonyms: | apart from, aside from, bar, but for, discounting, excepting, excluding, other than, outside of, save for, short of, with the exception of |
| Main Entry: | besides |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | apart from |
| Synonyms: | aside from, bar, barring, beside, but, except, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, in addition to, other than, outside of, over and above, save, without |
| Notes: | beside is a preposition meaning 'next to, alongside, by the side of'; besides is a conjunction or adverb meaning 'in addition, moreover, at the same time' or 'also' but it does not mean 'alternatively' |
| Main Entry: | count out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard, exclude |
| Synonyms: | bar, bate, debar, eliminate, except, get rid of, leave out, leave out of account, mark off, pass over, rule out, suspend |
| Antonyms: | consider, figure on, include, regard |
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exempt from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absolve, discharge, except, excuse, exonerate, let off, privilege from, release, relieve, reprieve, spare |
| Main Entry: | disqualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unfit for; be ineligible |
| Synonyms: | bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix, not make the cut, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken |
| Antonyms: | allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify |
| Main Entry: | except |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | other than |
| Synonyms: | apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, exempting, if not, lacking, leaving out, minus, not for, omitting, outside of, rejecting, save, saving, short of, with the exception of, without |
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving out |
| Synonyms: | barring, debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, excusing, expulsion, noninclusion, omission, passing over, rejection, repudiation, reservation |
| Antonyms: | admittal, admittance, allowance, inclusion |
| Main Entry: | exclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, forbid |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bate, blackball, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, drive out, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, force out, get rid of, ignore, interdict, keep out, leave out, lock out, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, refuse admittance, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, set aside, shut out, shut the door on, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, ward off |
| Antonyms: | accept, add, admit, allow, include, incorporate, take on, welcome |
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