excepts

/IH0 K S EH1 P T S/
verb
  1. 1

    To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

  2. 2

    To take exception, to object (to or against).

    โ€œto except to a witness or his testimonyโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/except, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/excepts