"excepting" meaning in English

See excepting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛptɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-excepting.ogg Forms: cept'n [alternative], 'cept'n [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} excepting, {{en-prep}} excepting
  1. with the exception of
    Sense id: en-excepting-en-prep-kECMj-9p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Synonyms: excepted, save for, apart, apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, but for, except, except for, excepting, excluding, forby [British, archaic, dialectal], modulo, not counting, other than [idiomatic], outtake [archaic], save, save for, with the exception of

Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛptɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-excepting.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} excepting
  1. present participle and gerund of except Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: except Derived forms: unexcepting
    Sense id: en-excepting-en-verb-JHOreRma
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          "word": "apart from"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:except",
          "word": "aside from"
        },
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