different between liberty vs exception

English

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?b?ti/

Noun

liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)

1. The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
2. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

3. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
4. Freedom from excessive government control.
5. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

6. (often plural) A breach of social convention.

7. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
8. (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms

• freedom

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Further reading

• liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Birtley, Tribley

Italian

Noun

liberty m (invariable)

1. art nouveau

English

Etymology

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin excepti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?p??n/

Noun

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.

3. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
5. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
6. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

Antonyms

• (that which is excepted or taken out from others): commonness, generality

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excepti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?p.sj??/

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. exception

   Antonym: règle

Derived terms

• à l'exception de
• exceptionnel

Further reading

• “exception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. (computing) exception (an interruption in normal processing)

   Synonym: exceção