exceptions

NOUN

leaving out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

omission

STRONG

barring debarment exclusion expulsion rejection repudiation reservation

WEAK

disallowment excepting excusing noninclusion passing over

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance allowance ratification

WEAK

admittal admittance inclusion normality regularity usualness

NOUN

special case; irregularity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anomaly exemption oddity privilege

STRONG

allowance departure deviation difference dispensation eccentricity freak inconsistency nonconformity peculiarity quirk

WEAK

anomalism perquisitor privileged person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normality regularity standard usualness

STRONG

commonality conformity sameness similarity uniformity

WEAK

admittal admittance inclusion

Example Sentences

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With some exceptions, states seen as bigger markets tend to have higher tax rates, as they have greater leverage to bargain with the sports-betting operators.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

There were only rare exceptions to these rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But what is happening in early 2026 with the war in Iran is one of the exceptions: a classic supply shock.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

"The position with very few exceptions is that you can't seize vessels that are flying the flag of another country," he told BBC Verify.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Though some trains were able to go sixty miles per hour, they were exceptions, and such a speed was achieved only over a short distance.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly