Exception and Slight

Exception

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

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

Slight noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Exception and slight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exception" instead a noun "Slight".

particular	particular exception	particular slight
small	small exception	small slight
real	real exception	real slight
great	great exception	great slight
Other adjectives: huge, possible, minor.

Happens a few times in World of Warcraft (although only slight effects), with this quest being an exception: you're shrunk to the size of a rat.

Source: Incredible Shrinking Man
The only exception were the times when he went to sleep very late after eating Camembert cheese, which has a slight hallucinogenic effect.

Source: What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?
The sole exception is Simone, who is just a hairstyle and a slight wardrobe change away from being Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa from Alien vs.

Source: Captain Ersatz / Video Games

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