exception

the exception that proves the rule a particular case that is so unusual that it is evidence of the validity of the rule that generally applies.

☞ This phrase comes from the Latin legal maxim exceptio probat regulum in casibus non exceptis 'exception proves the rule in the cases not excepted'. This in fact meant that the recognition of something as an exception proved the existence of a rule, but the idiom is popularly used or understood to mean 'a person or thing that does not conform to the general rule affecting others of that class'

2013DVD Verdict The life of Malcolm X is the exception that proves the rule that people don't lead narratively interesting lives.

take exception to object strongly to.

词组	exception
释义	exception the exception that proves the rule a particular case that is so unusual that it is evidence of the validity of the rule that generally applies. ☞ This phrase comes from the Latin legal maxim exceptio probat regulum in casibus non exceptis 'exception proves the rule in the cases not excepted'. This in fact meant that the recognition of something as an exception proved the existence of a rule, but the idiom is popularly used or understood to mean 'a person or thing that does not conform to the general rule affecting others of that class' 2013DVD Verdict The life of Malcolm X is the exception that proves the rule that people don't lead narratively interesting lives. take exception to object strongly to.
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