verb

1. To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

2. To take exception, to object (to or against).

   “to except to a witness or his testimony”

preposition

1. With the exception of; but.

   “There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”

Synonyms: apart from, except for, outtake, with the exception of

conjunction

1. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

   “I never made fun of her except teasingly.”

2. Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.