to exempt
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4.1
- verb
- /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
- Formal
- Now, Amber, you can argue the case before my court, but being 12 years old does not exempt you from professionalism and decorum, okay?
- bill to exempt
- provision that will exempt
- exempt clergy
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Watch on YouTubeThere's exempt review, which is you can't exempt yourself, but they can exempt you.
- There's exempt review, which is you can't exempt yourself, but they can exempt you.
- So do at least one of these to please exempt yourself from that ridiculous penalty.
- And I said, secondly, is chronic stitch classed as an actual issue that can exempt you from being drafted?
- Did the government, did the federal government or the drafters of Obamacare really mean to exempt federal exchanges from being able to issue subsidies?
- And this year the House produced a bill, they said, OK, we'll, we'll renew violence against women, but we're going to exempt African American women.
- That being said, so, so basically what you went through does not excuse or exempt you or keep you out of the race towards greatness.
- The Pentagon is now going to exempt Ukraine, Ukrainian operations funding for Ukraine from a potential government shutdown.
- Duterte who said last year, quote, just because you're a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination if you're a son of a bitch, UN quote.
Examples
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Senor, even though you're the "alcalde" of San Antoniode Bexar, it does not exempt you from military prohibitions.
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The government plans to exempt certain organizations from the new regulations.
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Oh, can I exempt myself from this with a shot?
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So do at least one of these to please exempt yourself from that ridiculous penalty.
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Your beliefs do not exempt you from the law, Mr. McKinnon.
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I hereby declare your farm exempt from taxes forever.
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Roosevelt was aware of that fact and initially wanted to exempt all four policemen from international supervision.
Academic text (1995) -
And conservatives in Congress began drafting legislation that would specifically exempt prosecutors from being covered by the statute.
Academic text (2000) -
The department's bid to exempt lawyers from contract rules is blasted by states' chief justices.
Academic text (1997) -
Members of these denominations asserted that liberty of conscience should exempt them from military conscription.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
∞
1.5
Allow someone to leave a place or activity
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1.8
To excuse someone from a duty or rule
201
3.2
Free someone from a duty or responsibility
75
3.5
To not punish someone or excuse them from a duty
Antonyms
Compounds
How Required
258
4.8
∞
1.1
∞
2.0
- Formal
30
4.1
∞
1.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb exempt comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and emere 'take'. It originally meant 'to take out', so to exempt someone is to officially free them from a duty or rule.