📒 a person or thing that is not included in a general statement
📒 a thing that does not follow a rule
📒 people say that something is the exception that proves the rule when they are stating something that seems to be different from the normal situation, but they mean that the normal situation remains true in general
📒 to allow somebody not to follow the usual rule on one occasion or for one particular reason
📒 to object strongly to something; to be angry about something
📒 except; not including
📒 used to emphasize that the statement you are making is always true and everyone or everything is included