n.
Pronunciation: ik- ' sep-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : the act of excepting : EXCLUSION
2 : one that is excepted especially : a case to which a rule does not apply
3 : QUESTION , OBJECTION <witnesses whose authority is beyond exception ― T. B. Macaulay>
4 : an oral or written legal objection