➖ Not including 🚫 To leave out 🙅 To object

to except

6.2

To say that you do not agree with something

verb
/ɪkˈsɛpt/

Archaic

: objetar

I must except your suggestion because it doesn't align with our goals.

Examples

If I do this, that will be good, except I think I want this.
And they both in their own world are right, except both of them are actually wrong.
And now I want to invest in AI, except I'm still stupid.
That seems to make sense except that it's symmetrical.
Well, yeah, except that's not the case, obviously.
That's the way we view the universe now, except some people might object.
That's very good, except it's not always true.
So he said, OK, it's not contagious, except it is contagious.
I can't defend this point except to say that I'm a shill for no one.
So I don't disagree with Ray Dalio, except in the utility of it.

Synonyms

to disagree

vsto except

∞ 1.0

Have a different opinion from someone

is a formal or official objection rather than a simple difference of opinion

to take exception

vsto except

Jargon

18 8.4

Object formally to something, often in court

is a formal objection used in official or nonlegal settings

Antonyms

to agree

∞ 1.0

Have the same opinion or say yes

to accept

∞ 1.3

To believe or agree that something is true

How Opposed

to denounce

Formal

115 6.8

to condemn

298 4.0

to protest

283 3.2

to except

Archaic

6.2

to take exception

Jargon

18 8.4

to object

349 5.1

to disagree

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

except infinitive

excepted past

excepted past participle

excepting present participle

excepts third person singular

Morphology

except = ex + cept

This sense (to object) is related historically but rare/formal; the morphemes are not productive English elements for learners, making the relation opaque.

Etymology

Except in the sense 'to object' comes from the idea of an exception, from Latin ex- 'out' and capere 'to take'. So to except to a plan is to 'take it out' of general agreement, which is why it means to disagree or object.