'take exception' definitions:
Definition of 'take exception'
(from WordNet)
verb
Raise a formal objection in a court of law [syn: challenge, take exception]
Synonyms of 'take exception'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agree to differ,
- agree to disagree,
- ban,
- be at variance,
- be in dissent,
- beg to differ,
- blackball,
- carp,
- catch at straws,
- categorically reject,
- cavil,
- cut up,
- differ,
- disagree,
- disagree with,
- disallow,
- disapprove,
- disapprove of,
- discord with,
- disfavor,
- dissent,
- dissent from,
- divide on,
- drop out,
- exclude,
- fault-find,
- find fault,
- frown at,
- frown down,
- frown upon,
- grimace at,
- look askance at,
- look black upon,
- nitpick,
- not agree,
- not approve,
- not go for,
- not hear of,
- not hold with,
- object,
- object to,
- oppose,
- ostracize,
- pettifog,
- pick holes,
- pick to pieces,
- protest,
- pull apart,
- pull to pieces,
- quibble,
- reject,
- say no to,
- secede,
- take exception to,
- take issue,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- think ill of,
- think little of,
- thumb down,
- view with disfavor,
- withdraw,
- withhold assent