Exception and Heresy

Exception

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

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Heresy and exception are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heresy" instead a noun "Exception".

Heresy noun - Departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice.

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Exception and heresy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exception" instead a noun "Heresy".

Nearby Words: heretic, heretical

true	true exception	true heresy
real	real exception	real heresy
extreme	extreme exception	extreme heresy
little	little exception	little heresy
Other adjectives: slight, potential, major, minor, historical, aforementioned, biggest.

The rare exception is a sovereign who prefers to go into common taverns and drink, but everyone else does something, usually but not always killing things - his five-year-old heir presides over heresy trials.

Source: Royals Who Actually Do Something / Literature
Inquisitors not only conduct interrogations and torture heretics, but also investigate heresy-related crime and fight heretics and demons in the field, and are generally (though not without exception) heroic figures.

Source: Useful Notes / The Spanish Inquisition
Whilst we're in the same universe, the Alpha Legion are, most terrifyingly, an entire army of Magnificent Bastards, even before the Horus Heresy (with the exception of Bale and Carron, but we don't talk about them).

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Tabletop Games

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