exception

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

• the exception of a rule

That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.countableuncountable

• That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.countableuncountable

An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.countableuncountable

An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.countableuncountable

• null pointer exception

To throw an exception.informalintransitiverare