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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛptɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: ex‧cept‧ing
Verb
excepting
- present participle and gerund of except
Preposition
excepting
- with the exception of
- Synonyms: excepted, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.
1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408:It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.
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