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Search phrase: exception

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All's Well That Ends WellAW I.ii.40Exception bid him speak, and at this timeException bid him speake: and at this time
HamletHam V.ii.224What I have doneWhat I haue done / That might your nature honour, and exception
HamletHam V.ii.225That might your nature, honour, and exception
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.77But with proviso and exception,But with Prouiso and Exception,
Henry VH5 II.iv.34How modest in exception, and withalHow modest in exception; and withall,
OthelloOth IV.ii.207against me a most just exception; but yet I protest I haveagainst me a most iust exception: but yet I protest I haue

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Glossary

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dislikedisapprove of, take exception to
excepttake exception to, object to, repudiate
exceptobject to, take exception to
exception(often plural) objection, dislike, disapproval
exceptionresentment, sense of grievance
generallyuniversally, without exception, in the eyes of all
onlyas a sole exception, excepting
quarrelobject to, take exception to, refuse to practise

Thesaurus

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exception, takedislike
exception, takeexcept
exception, takeexcept
exception, takequarrel
exception, withoutgenerally

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