exempt
(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; “a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process”; “exempt from jury duty”; “only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes”
nontaxable, exempt
(adjective) (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; “the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable”; “income exempt from taxation”
excuse, relieve, let off, exempt
(verb) grant exemption or release to; “Please excuse me from this class”
exempt, relieve, free
(verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; “She exempted me from the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exempt (not comparable)
Free from a duty or obligation.
(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
(obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
exempt (plural exempts)
One who has been released from something.
(historical) A type of French police officer.
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)
(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
• extemp
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*empt", a. Etym: [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.]
1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.
2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. 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. True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.
Ex*empt", n.
1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]
Ex*empt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] Etym: [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]
1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.
2. 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. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
