except Definition

except
prep

1. Leaving out; not including.

Thesaurus: barring, not counting, excluding, other than, besides, apart from, except for, but, omitting, save.

verb

excepted, excepting
1. To leave out or exclude.

Example: present company excepted
Thesaurus: ban, exclude, bar, omit, leave out, rule out, reject, eliminate, disallow.

Derivative: excepting
prep

Leaving out; not including or counting.

Idiom: except for something

Apart from it; not including or counting.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin excipere, exceptum to take out.