take exception

Definition

To take offense; to object or protest.

Example Sentences

• "I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists."
• "I take exception to the assumption that simply because I am young I am not able to discern fact from fiction."
• "I am sorry to learn that the senior medical staff of the Dreadnought Hospital take exception to portions of Sir Henry Burdett's letter […] which was published in the Times of July 11th."