exempt.
Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
Meaning & usage
Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
In their country all women are exempt from military service.
His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
Cut off; set apart.
Extraordinary; exceptional.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
One who has been released from something.
A type of French police officer.
One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
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