Usually means: Object to or disagree with.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word take exception:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. take exception: Merriam-Webster
  2. take exception: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take exception: Vocabulary.com
  4. take exception: Wiktionary
  5. take exception: Dictionary.com
  6. take exception: Rhymezone
  7. take exception: FreeDictionary.org
  8. take exception: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. take exception: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take exception: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. take exception: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take exception: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take exception: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take exception)

▸ verb:  To take offense; to object or protest. [with to]
▸ verb:  To object to; to disagree with.

Similar:
challenge, take offense, take issue to, take personally, contest, remonstrate, offer, expostulate, protest, countercriticize, more...

Opposite:
agree, accept, approve

Types:
disagree, protest, object, challenge, oppose, dispute, contest, disapprove, more...

Phrases:
take exception to, take exception to something, more...

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Similar:
challenge, take offense, take issue to, take personally, contest, remonstrate, offer, expostulate, protest, countercriticize, more...

Opposite:
agree, accept, approve

Types:
disagree, protest, object, challenge, oppose, dispute, contest, disapprove, more...

Phrases:
take exception to, take exception to something, more...



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