except (v.)
- abjure
- absolve
- amputate
- annihilate
- ban
- bar
- bate
- bob
- but
- chuck
- clip
- contemn
- contradict
- crop
- cull
- cut
- debar
- decline
- deny
- despise
- disapprove
- discard
- discharge
- disclaim
- discount
- disdain
- dismiss
- disown
- disregard
- dock
- eliminate
- enucleate
- eradicate
- ex
- excise
- exclude
- excuse
- exempt
- expostulate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- forswear
- free
- from
- ignore
- isolate
- kick
- less
- lop
- mutilate
- nip
- object
- off
- omit
- pare
- peel
- protest
- prune
- rebuff
- recant
- refuse
- reject
- release
- remise
- remit
- remonstrate
- renounce
- repel
- repudiate
- repulse
- save
- scout
- shave
- shear
- spare
- spurn
- strip
- suspend
- truncate
- waive