The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Except \Ex*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Excepting.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or
   draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F.
   excepter. See Capable.]
   1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole
      as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
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            Who never touched
            The excepted tree.                    --Milton.
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            Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the
            judge) all other things concurred.    --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.
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   2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excepting \Ex*cept"ing\, prep. & conj., but properly a
   participle.
   With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. "Excepting
   your worship's presence." --Shak.
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         No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting
         by himself.                              --Lubbock.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "excepting":
   aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, discounting, ex,
   except, except for, except that, exception taken of, excluding,
   exclusive of, from, if not, leaving out, less, let alone, minus,
   not counting, off, omitting, outside of, precluding, save,
   save and except, saving, than, unless, unless that, were it not,
   without