Usually means: Deviate from rule for case.
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  1. make an exception: Merriam-Webster
  2. make an exception: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. make an exception: Wiktionary

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  1. make an exception: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make an exception: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (make an exception)

▸ verb:  To permit something that does not follow the usual rules or standards.

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waive, cancel, forgive, overlook, 86, abandoner, abnegate, abrogate, avoid, defeasance, more...

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Similar:
waive, cancel, forgive, overlook, 86, abandoner, abnegate, abrogate, avoid, defeasance, more...



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