'Exempt' definitions:
Definition of 'exempt'
(from WordNet)
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 from income taxes" [ant: nonexempt]
adjective
(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" [syn: nontaxable, exempt] [ant: nonexempt, taxable]
verb
Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
verb
Definition of 'Exempt'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- True nobility is exempt from fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- T is laid on all, not any one exempt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exempt'
From: GCIDE
- Exempt \Ex*empt"\, n.
- 1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exempt'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exempt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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