Without exception
Example: All the students, without exception, completed their homework.
Definition
"Without exception" means including all members of a group or all cases, without leaving any out. It emphasizes that every individual or instance is considered or involved, as in the phrase: All the students, without exception, completed their homework.
Etymology
The phrase "without exception" combines 'without,' meaning 'lacking' or 'not having,' and 'exception,' which comes from Latin 'exceptio,' meaning 'a taking out' or 'exclusion.' Together, it conveys the idea of not leaving anything out or excluding any members.
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"Without exception" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 103 commonly used expressions.
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