Exemption
[ɪɡ'zempʃn] or [ɪg'zɛmpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an act exempting someone; 'he was granted immunity from prosecution'.
(noun.) a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); 'additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent'.
(noun.) immunity from an obligation or duty.
Typist: Miranda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Immunity, privilege.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Freedom, immunity, dispensation, privilege, license
ANT:Liability, amenableness, subjection, responsibility
Typist: Shelley
Examples
- It is the exemption from punishment, and not its moderation which is the cause of crime. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mingling with the coward band there assembled, they reviled their admirable leader, and asserted their own superiority and exemption. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Besides, it was given with an engaging air of openness, and of special exemption of the one friend he valued, from his reckless indifference. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The clergy, on the other hand, were now claiming exemption from lay taxation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She had had three weeks of happy exemption from Mr. Elton; and Harriet's mind, she had been willing to hope, had been lately gaining strength. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The payment having thus become perpetual, the exemptions, in return, for which it was made, naturally became perpetual too. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typed by Lena