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TAKE EXCEPTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise a formal objection in a court of law

Synonyms:

challenge; take exception

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take exception" is one way to...):

object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take exception"):

appeal (challenge (a decision))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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