excepting
Leaving out of
Excepting means with the exception of—used to exclude something from a general statement: Everyone was there, excepting Tom.
It functions like except but sounds slightly more formal.
The store is open daily, excepting holidays.
The word often appears after a broad claim to carve out a narrow category that doesn't fit.
Protect from loss
- butContrast introducer
- barringExcluding from consideration
- excludingLeaving something out
- besidesIn addition to
other than · aside from · apart from · outside of · short of · minus · without · leaving out
Excluding from consideration
- omittingFailing to include
- leaving outFailing to include
- not includingOmitting from a set
- ruling outEliminating from consideration
setting aside · passing over · skipping · disregarding · overlooking · bypassing · eliminating · precluding
save
Protect from loss
besides · other than · aside from · apart from · outside of · short of · minus · without · leaving out · not counting
barring
Excluding from consideration
- omittingFailing to include
- leaving outFailing to include
- not includingOmitting from a set
ruling out · setting aside · passing over · skipping · disregarding · overlooking · bypassing · eliminating · precluding · discounting
exceptingincluding
Containing as part
counting · incorporating · comprising · encompassing · embracing
- make an exceptionAllow despite the rule
- no exceptionsUniversal application, none spared
- without exceptionTrue for all cases
- take exceptionVoice disagreement or offense
- exception that proves the ruleAnomaly suggesting a norm exists
- with the exception ofLeaving out specified items
exception, exceptional, exceptionally, unexceptional, exceptions, exceptionality, nonexceptional