excepting

Definitions

Used to specify an exclusion; excluding or other than.

Used as a preposition to indicate that something is not included in a general statement.

Examples

Everyone attended the meeting, excepting those who were out of town on business.

The entire park was deserted, excepting a lone gardener tending to the roses.

Synonyms

excluding barring omitting leaving out save for aside from but

Antonyms

including incorporating counting encompassing admitting embracing involving