make an exception for something—treat smth. as a special case (as a token of particular favor or because of its unusual quality):
- Miss Clark did not attend films of which she had read the book, but she had made an exception for the trilogy.
make an exception to something—refrain from applying or enforcing a rule, law, or any other set of regulations:
- He had to get to the city of Berkeley to make an exeption to a food regulation in order to serve coffee in his first shop.
Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase take exception to something—object to smth.; find fault with smth.:
- Few people would take exception to a proposal for a “common currency,” as a token of international exchange to be used for convenience.