Exception = (1) Be no exception is an affixed phrase (An instance or a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization): ‘I never go out on Sundays, and this Sunday is no exception.’ ‘Every major city keeps changing and Lisbon is no exception.’ (2) A deliberate act of omission; exclusion: ‘There will be no exception to this rule.’
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