except
verb
°To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
°() To take exception, to object (to or against).
preposition
°With the exception of; but.
"There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans."
conjunction
°With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
"You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair."
°(archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.