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

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

plural of exception

plural of exceptional

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

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

(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.