Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for exception

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

a deliberate act of omission

With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

exclusion

Same sentence, swapped: With the exclusion of the children, everyone was told the news.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for exception as it is used in the sentence above.

oversight
curiosity
reply

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

shrewdadjectivesharpmarked by practical hardheaded intelligenceRidgelineHas a reason line siftverbsievedistinguish and separate outRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line supposedadjectivehypotheticalbased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidenceRidgeline suspectverbdistrustregard as untrustworthyRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line hallucinationnoundelusiona mistaken or unfounded opinion or ideaRidgelineHas a reason line headnounmindthat which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functionsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line hearingnounaudiencean opportunity to state your case and be heardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line unionnounjoina set containing all and only the members of two or more given setsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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