"excepted" in the verb sense
1. demur, except
take exception to
"he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
2. exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
"The bad results were excluded from the report"
"Leave off the top piece"
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