Clues for the word "EXCEPTION"
We've had 6 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 5 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on December 30, 2014.
Definition of exception
- n. - The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
- n. - That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
- n. - An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.
- n. - An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 30, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - December 17, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 07, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - June 19, 2009
- Guardian Cryptic - September 01, 2003