Dictionary Definition
exempt adj
1 (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" [ant: nonexempt]
2 (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation;
"the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income
exempt from taxation" [syn: nontaxable] [ant: taxable]
Verb
1 grant relief or an exemption from a rule or
requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: relieve, free] [ant: enforce]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛmpt
- Prounounced: ex-em-pt
- Rhymes: -ɛmpt
Noun
- One who has been released from something.
Translations
- Chinese: 豁免
- Dutch: vrijgestelde
- Hebrew: לפטור, לשחרר, להעניק חסינות
Verb
- To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to.
- To except or excuse from the 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.
Related terms
Translations
To release from a liability which others are
subject to
- Finnish: vapauttaa
To except from the operation of a law
To grant immunity to
To free from obligation
To release from military duty or from jury
service
To exempt from fear or pain
Extensive Definition
An exemption is something that excludes certain
things from something else. For example:
- A grandfather clause, in the modern use of the U.S. term, is an exemption that allows a pre-existing condition to continue, even if such a condition is now prohibited from being begun anew.
- A tax exemption allows a certain amount of income or other value to legally avoid taxation.
- Particularly in the US, an exempt employee is one who is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, i. e. is not entitled to overtime pay and other worker's benefits stated in the FLSA.
- Rules against beards, burkas, or other religious symbols often have exemptions if they are worn for religious purposes.
- A student may elect to try for an exemption from a class, if he or she already knows the material from previous work at another school or job. An exemption exam is usually taken by the student as proof of this knowledge because they already know it.
- Exemption (church): in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption is the whole or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or institution from the authority of the ecclesiastical superior next higher in rank.
- Exemption, A three piece Long Island heavy metal band formed in 2001 in Massapequa.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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