Synonyms:
exception, exclusion, elision
Meaning: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
Synonyms:
exception
Meaning: an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule"
Usage examples
I see no exception
Still, you might make an exception
This was, especially in winter, a lucky exception.
"This is the exception that proves the rule," said Gore.
Let us make an exception in favor of Paris, nevertheless.
They live upon action. Haig was no exception to this rule.
I didn't see a single exception except the waiters and myself.
The rest of the band made off as empty-handed as they came, with one exception.
With the exception of one year, his whole life is hid in impenetrable darkness.
I hear you receive no visitors; but cannot you make just one exception, and let me come?