EXEMPT

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Noun

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.

Verb

exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)

(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

Anagrams

• extemp

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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