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The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to demonstrate that the rule exists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Derived from the medieval Latin legal principle "exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis" ("the exception tests the rule in the cases not excepted").
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
výjimka potvrzující pravidlo
— occurrence of counterexample
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Czech:
výjimka potvrzuje pravidlo
— occurrence of counterexample
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Dutch:
uitzondering die de regel bevestigt
— occurrence of counterexample
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Finnish:
poikkeus, joka vahvistaa säännön
— occurrence of counterexample
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French:
exception qui confirme la règle
— occurrence of counterexample
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German:
Ausnahme, die die Regel bestätigt
— occurrence of counterexample
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German:
more idiomatically one says Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel
— occurrence of counterexample
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Hungarian:
a szabályt erősítő kivétel
— occurrence of counterexample
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Italian:
eccezione che conferma la regola
— occurrence of counterexample
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Norwegian Bokmål:
unntaket som bekrefter regelen
— occurrence of counterexample
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
unntaket som bekreftar regelen
— occurrence of counterexample
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Polish:
but see wyjątek potwierdza regułę
— occurrence of counterexample
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Portuguese:
exceção que prova a regra
— occurrence of counterexample
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Russian:
исключе́ние, подтвержда́ющее пра́вило
(isključénije, podtverždájuščeje právilo)
— occurrence of counterexample
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Spanish:
excepción que confirma la regla
— occurrence of counterexample
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Swedish:
undantaget som bekräftar regeln
— occurrence of counterexample
