Synonyms and Antonyms of exception
1
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
- I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability
challenge, complaint, demur, demurral, demurrer, difficulty, expostulation, fuss, kick, objection, protest, question, remonstrance, stink
compunction, doubt, misgiving, qualm, scruple
misunderstanding
cavil, niggle [chiefly British], quibble
argument, conflict, debate, dispute, dissent, hassle, quarrel, squabble, static
censure, criticism
defiance, disobedience, rebellion
distrust, distrustfulness, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, indetermination, misdoubt, mistrust, mistrustfulness, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
qualmishness, unease, uneasiness
reluctance, unwillingness
2
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
- her tardiness today is an exception; usually she's on time
curiosity, peculiarity, singularity
accident, bizarrerie, phenomenon, quirk, vagary
distortion, kink, mutation, variation
difference, disparity, inconsistence, inconsistency
error, mistake
contradiction, paradox
