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Exempt Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Exempt? [adj] (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" [adj] (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" [v] grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" [v] grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Exempt: duty-free \| excuse \| excused \| free \| immune \| let off \| nontaxable \| privileged \| relieve \| relieve \| tax-exempt \| tax-free \| unratable \| untaxed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Exempt: absolve \| acquit \| amnesty \| chartered \| clear \| decontaminate \| destigmatize \| discharge \| dismiss \| dispense from \| dispense with \| except \| excepted \| exculpate \| excuse \| excused \| exempt from \| exempted \| exonerate \| favored \| forgive \| free \| give absolution \| give dispensation from \| grant amnesty to \| grant immunity \| grant remission \| immune \| irresponsible \| justify \| let go \| let off \| liberated \| licensed \| nonpros \| pardon \| permitted \| privileged \| purge \| quash the charge \| release \| released \| remise \| remit \| save the necessity \| set free \| shrive \| spare \| spared \| unaccountable \| unanswerable \| unliable \| unsubject \| vindicate \| whitewash \| withdraw the charge See Also \| absolve \| deregulate \| derestrict \| dispense \| exempt \| forgive \| frank \| free \| justify \| spare Exempt In Webster's Dictionary \Exempt"\, a. [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. \Exempt"\, 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}.] [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.

Exempt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exempt?

[adj] (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"
[adj] (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"
[v] grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
[v] grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

Exempt In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*empt"\, a. [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}.] [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.

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