Historique

except

[1]	demur
[2]	exclude , leave out , leave off , omit , take out
[3]	exclude , omit , leave out , excuse

prep.

[1]	except for , excepting , save , but , excluding , exclusive of , barring , bar , with the exception of , omitting , not counting , apart from , but for , other than , saving

conj.

[1]	except that , except/but (for the fact) that , but , save that