Challenge and Exception

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Challenge noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.

Usage example: there were no serious challenges to the legislative bill, so it passed easily

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Exception is a synonym for challenge in support topic. In some cases you can use "Exception" instead a noun "Challenge".

Exception noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.

Usage example: I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability

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Challenge is a synonym for exception in support topic. You can use "Challenge" instead a noun "Exception".

special	special challenge	special exception
particular	particular challenge	particular exception
common	common challenge	common exception
specific	specific challenge	specific exception
Other adjectives: true, reasonable, single, real, massive, big, serious, huge, little, main, fun, interesting, key, unique, major, minor, significant, primary, technical, biggest.

The only exception in this is the episode for the final challenge, and that's only because it had been a whole episode since the last of the pair had been eliminated.

Source: Series / RuPaul's Drag Race
Presumably, he made an exception for Dumb and Dumber To because he considered playing a twenty-year-older Lloyd Christmas to be a worthwhile acting challenge.

Source: Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Another exception: Part of the challenge of the original Driver and it's sequel was that you had to obey things like speed limits or traffic lights when the police were around.

Source: Optional Traffic Laws

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Exception and Challenge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/challenge/exception

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