To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
To interpose a demurrer.
To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
To take exception, to object (to or against).
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
with the exception of; but.