Exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who has been released from something.
- 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 One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon. UK
Verb
- 1 To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from. transitive
"Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service."
- 2 grant exemption or release to wordnet
- 3 grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc. not-comparable
"In their country all women are exempt from military service."
- 2 Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime. not-comparable
- 3 Cut off; set apart. not-comparable, obsolete
"corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry"
- 4 Extraordinary; exceptional. not-comparable, obsolete
"Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval"
Adjective
- 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 (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation wordnet
Example
More examples"We will exempt you from attending."
Etymology
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.