exempt

[ex·empt]

If your accountant tells you that you’re exempt from taxes this year, give him a big hug. He is saying that you don’t have to pay taxes.

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Cut off; set apart.

Verb
grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

Verb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

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 f

Adjective
(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"


a.
Cut off; set apart.

a.
Extraordinary; exceptional.

a.
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.

n.
One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

n.
One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.

a.
To remove; to set apart.

a.
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.


Exempt

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.
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.
T is laid on all, not any one exempt.

Exempt

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.]

Exempt

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.

Cut off; set apart.

One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

To remove; to set apart.

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Usage Examples

Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.

I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.

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Other Usage Examples

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

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