1.VerbTo take offense; to object or protest. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with to]
"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."