simple past tense and past participle of except

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

with the exception of

present participle of except

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. / Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

An exception, or something having an exceptional value

(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. / (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

with the exception of; but.

With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

plural of exception