exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis
Latin phrase
ex·cep·tio pro·bat re·gu·lam de re·bus non ex·cep·tis eks-ˈkep-tē-ˌō-ˌprō-bät-ˈrā-gu̇-ˌläm-dā-ˈrā-ˌbu̇s-ˌnōn-eks-ˈkep-ˌtēs 
: an exception tests the rule as to things not excepted
also : an exception can demonstrate that the rule exists
- comprehensives
- compresence
- compresent
- compress
- compressed
- compressed air
- compressed score
- compressed tablet
- compressed yeast
- compressedly
- compresses
- compressibilities
- compressibility
- compressibility burble
- compressibility coefficient
- compressibility effect
- compressible
- compressiblenesses
- compressing
- compressingly
- compression
- compression cup
- compression dressing
- compression failure
- compression faucet