'Exempting' definitions:

Definition of 'Exempting'

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  • 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]

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