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Exempt

//ɪɡˈzɛmpt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

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
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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