Pronunciations (3)
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/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
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/ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/
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ɪɡˈzɛmpt
Adjective
Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
Usage- not-comparable
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In their country all women are exempt from military service.
His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
More examples (2)
Students were exempt from service in the armed forces.
Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]
Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
Usage- not-comparable
- of an employee or his position
Cut off; set apart.
Usage- not-comparable
- Obsolete
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corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
Extraordinary; exceptional.
Usage- not-comparable
- Obsolete
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Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval
Noun
One who has been released from something.
A type of French police officer.
Usage- Historical
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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.
Usage- UK usage
Verb
To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
Usage- Transitive
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Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
Adjective
(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
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a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process
exempt from jury duty
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only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes
(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
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the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable
income exempt from taxation
Verb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
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She exempted me from the exam
grant exemption or release to
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Please excuse me from this class