Exempt

//ɪɡˈzɛmpt// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who has been released from something.
  2. 2
    A type of French police officer. historical

    "with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […]."

  3. 3
    One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon. UK
Verb
  1. 1
    To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from. transitive

    "Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service."

  2. 2
    grant exemption or release to wordnet
  3. 3
    grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc. not-comparable

    "In their country all women are exempt from military service."

  2. 2
    Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Cut off; set apart. not-comparable, obsolete

    "corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry"

  4. 4
    Extraordinary; exceptional. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject wordnet
  2. 2
    (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
excuseexcusedimmuneprivilegedabsolveacquit

Example

More examples

"We will exempt you from attending."

Etymology

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

Related phrases

non-exempttax-exempttransmisogyny-exemptpolice officer

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