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make exception

VERB

favor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

facilitate promote side with

STRONG

abet accommodate advance aid assist befriend esteem further gratify humor indulge oblige spare spoil value

WEAK

be partial to do a kindness do right by play favorites pull strings show consideration smile upon treat well

Antonyms

STRONG

block disappoint frustrate halt hinder hurt ignore impede neglect obstruct prevent stop

WEAK

disfavor dislike thwart

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They’re just willing to make exception for certain people.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

“We need to protect the work of academics as set forth in Freedom of Information Acts, which laws make exception for information that should be legitimately protected, for example relating to research,” said Mr. Schnare.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2016

I do not make exception of any country, not even of America.

From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry

I love not the Normans, but I make exception in the case of Lord de Burg and his family.

From Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

They say they will take no Americans, but to our minister they said they would make exception in favor of three, so I guess the three will be John McCutcheon, Palmer and myself.

From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Davis, Charles Belmont

make exception

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