Meanings
- Exceptionlessly; in their entirety.
"Was everyone there?" / "Yes. Without exception".
1 more example
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30Synonyms: exceptionlessly
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseExceptionlessly; in their entirety.
Translations
Danish undtagelsesløst
- undtagelsesløstexceptionless
Estonian eranditult
- eranditultexceptionless
Finnish poikkeuksetta
- poikkeuksettaexceptionless
French sans exception
- sans exceptionexceptionless
German ausnahmslos, ohne Ausnahme
- ausnahmslosexceptionless
- ohne Ausnahmeexceptionless
Icelandic undantekningarlaus
- undantekningarlausexceptionless
Italian senza eccezioni
- senza eccezioniexceptionless
Māori oropapa, tokitoki
- oropapaexceptionless
- tokitokiexceptionless
Polish bezwyjątkowo
- bezwyjątkowoexceptionless
Spanish sin excepción
- sin excepciónexceptionless
Swedish överlag
- överlagexceptionless
Turkish istinnasız
- istinnasızexceptionless
Cite this entry
without exception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/without%20exception
“without exception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/without%20exception. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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