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

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

plural of exception

With due allowance for (a specified detail); not including; other than.

To be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.

plural of exceptional

with the exception of

present participle of except

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