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Meaning of 'exempt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Exempt [ a.]
- Cut off; set apart.
- Extraordinary; exceptional.
- Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.
- To remove; to set apart.
- To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.
2 . Exempt [ n.]
- One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
- One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.

Meaning of 'exempt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . exempt [ v]
Meaning (1):
- grant exemption or release to
Example in sentence:
  • Please excuse me from this class
Meaning (2):
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Example in sentence:
  • She exempted me from the exam
3 . exempt [ a]
Meaning (3):
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
Example in sentence:
  • a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process;
  • exempt from jury duty;
  • only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes
Meaning (4):
- (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
Example in sentence:
  • income exempt from taxation;
  • the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable

Nearby Words:

exeat execrable execrate execrated execrating execration execrative execratory exect exection

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