exempt
noun
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L228247 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to free from an obligation
adjective
- to free from an obligation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/ / /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
- Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
“In their country all women are exempt from military service.”
“His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.”
- Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
- Cut off; set apart.
“corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry”
- Extraordinary; exceptional.
“Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
- One who has been released from something.
- A type of French police officer.
“with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].”
- One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
verb
Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
- To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
“Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.”