Exception
Exception noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.
Protection and exception are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Protection" instead a noun "Exception".
Protection
Protection noun - Means or method of defending.
Exception and protection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exception" instead a noun "Protection".
How words are described
| special | special exception | special protection |
| perfect | perfect exception | perfect protection |
| appropriate | appropriate exception | appropriate protection |
| obvious | obvious exception | obvious protection |
| Other adjectives: strong, real, great, serious, little, partial, sole, apparent, temporary, further, primary. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- With the exception of Mary's coworkers, everyone else in the show is messed-up, even the witnesses under protection.
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The exception are the Skeleton mages, who can summon endless waves of undead skeletons to their protection, unless you kill them.
Source: Video Game / Gothic - But there is one exception: Delphaeic magic, because the Delphae were cursed for their own protection; curses are naturally "silent".
Source: Magic Is a Monster Magnet
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