excepting

1. 1
   preposition

   Used to single out a person or thing that does not fall under a general statement; with the exception of.

   All the committee members voted in favor, excepting the chairman.

   The museum is free to enter, excepting special exhibitions, which require a ticket.

   Similarexcept, excluding, besides, barring, save

   Oppositeincluding

   Note

   A preposition that trims a generalization after the fact, usually set off by a comma: nothing was sacred, excepting reason itself. Its most telling use is the negative frame not excepting, which turns exclusion into emphatic inclusion. We've all done it, not excepting Borja, means Borja too. Save for does the same work from the front. Excepted does it from behind the noun, as in Borja excepted.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of except.

   The auditor went through every account, excepting none from review.

   Excepting certain employees from the policy required written approval.

   Note

   The verb behind this form has two lives. Used transitively it means leaving something out, and it takes a direct object: excepting none, excepting certain employees. Used intransitively it means objecting, and it is followed by to or against. The same spelling also serves as the preposition. When someone is doing the leaving out, it is the verb. When it only marks what a statement does not cover, it is the preposition.

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