exempt

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
2. (not-comparable) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.

Noun

1. One who has been released from something.
2. (historical) A type of French police officer.
3. (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

Verb

To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

Synonyms

free

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excuse

relieve

release

exclude

dispense

immune

except

clear

dismiss

let off

absolve

remit

exonerate

deliver

emancipate

manumit

extricate

rescue

set free

nontaxable

liberate

privileged

dispense with

enfranchise

emancipated

carry

administer

elate

duty free

avoid

free of duty

freed

distribute

available

acquitted

forgive

floating

assoil

fancy-free

disengage

exonerated

disencumber

footloose

apportion

acquit

exemption

freedom

excused

discharge

Translations

vrijstellen

exempter

dispenser

esentare

ontslaan

eximir

esente

exonérer

exento

isento

exceptuar

eximir

dispensar

esonerare

affranchir

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/

Etymology

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.