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Synonyms for except

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for except

to keep from being admitted, included, or considered

to express opposition, often by argument

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Synonyms for except

take exception to

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prevent from being included or considered or accepted

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The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which case it shall not be a Law.
When the stone was shut the cave was almost dark, except for a ray of light that entered by a hole little larger than a man's hand, that, looked at from within, was on the right of the stone.
there was nothing of him left except his spear alone.
With a howl, for the last time they leaped down upon the foe, tearing, harrying, and killing till they themselves were dead by the spear, every one of them except Deathgrip, who crept back sorely wounded to die with Galazi.
The young bulls generally run away, for a short distance; but the old ones do no stir a step, except to rush at man and horse; and man horses have been thus killed.
And nothing caused the emergence of this objection except what has been accepted as restriction of necessary movements and times from their initial beginnings.
Additionally, except for payments made to a partner providing services as "of counsel" and a partner electing to continue participation in the other investment arrangements, the payments to retired partners meet the conditions for exclusion under Regs.
* Average asking rents for ground floor space were up in every district from the prior six-month period except for Lower Manhattan which was unchanged.
Neither are his friends, except quoted out of God knows what context.
Another variation of the Boot Pass, this play looks very much like the previous one except that the FB, after blocking, sets for a screen.
that not more than two papist men shall dwell in one house during the winter except such as have a Protestant master;
While vampires may not be typical ballet fare except at Halloween, they are, in many ways, cousins to wilis.
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