Exempt
[ɪg'zem(p)t;eg-] or [ɪg'zɛmpt]
Definition
(verb.) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; 'She exempted me from the exam'.
(adj.) (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; 'a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process'; 'exempt from jury duty'; 'only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes' .
Checker: Myrna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Cut off; set apart.
(a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
(a.) 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.
(n.) One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
(n.) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.
(a.) To remove; to set apart.
(a.) 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.
Typist: Mason
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Excuse, exonerate, relieve, release, free, let off, grant immunity to.
a. Exempted, free, liberated, released.
Edited by Jason
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Free, irresponsible, unamenable, clear, liberated, privileged, absolved
ANT:Subject, responsible, liable, amenable
Editor: Rena
Definition
v.t. to free or grant immunity (with from).—adj. taken out: not liable to: released: unaffected by.—n. Exemp′tion act of exempting: state of being exempt: freedom from any service duty &c.: immunity.
Typist: Morton
Examples
- It was only the very poor who were exempt. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This did not exempt me from labor. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One word, in truth, had alarmed her more than battles or sieges, during which she trusted Raymond's high command would exempt him from danger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Even milk is not exempt, but is doctored to prevent souring, the preservative most generally used by milk dealers being formaldehyde. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages of a mere tale of spectres or enchantment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The rod was freely used there, and I was not exempt from its influence. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From many taxes both the clergy and the nobility--everyone indeed who bore a title--were exempt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some provinces are exempted from the exclusive sale of tobacco, which the farmers-general enjoy through the greater part of the kingdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I answered, that his excellency's prudence, quality, and fortune, had exempted him from those defects, which folly and beggary had produced in others. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In some countries, the lands of the church are exempted from all taxes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By the same statute, a great number of foreign drugs for dyers use are exempted from all duties upon importation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Some provinces are allowed to compound for the gabelle, or salt tax; others are exempted from it altogether. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They should be exempted like conscientious objectors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Some provinces are exempted from them, and pay a composition or equivalent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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