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to exempt

to exempt

30 4.1
To free someone officially from a rule or obligation
  • verb
  • /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
  • Formal
translation icon : eximir de
  • 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

There's exempt review, which is you can't exempt yourself, but they can exempt you.

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Examples

  • Senor, even though you're the "alcalde" of San Antoniode Bexar, it does not exempt you from military prohibitions.

  • The government plans to exempt certain organizations from the new regulations.

  • Oh, can I exempt myself from this with a shot?

  • So do at least one of these to please exempt yourself from that ridiculous penalty.

  • Your beliefs do not exempt you from the law, Mr. McKinnon.

  • I hereby declare your farm exempt from taxes forever.

  • 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

to excuse
vsto exempt
1.5

Allow someone to leave a place or activity

is an official release from an obligation not only permission to be absent
to free
vsto exempt
238 1.8

To excuse someone from a duty or rule

is an official release that specifically removes obligation under a rule
to relieve
vsto exempt
201 3.2

Free someone from a duty or responsibility

is an official release rather than a general easing of burden
to let off
vsto exempt
75 3.5

To not punish someone or excuse them from a duty

is a formal release from obligation rather than an informal pardon

Antonyms

to obligate
  • Formal
89 6.7

Make someone legally or morally have to do something

Compounds

15 4.6

You do not have to pay tax on income or a purchase

tax-exempt
  • Specialized
6 4.5

A bond whose interest you do not have to pay tax on

tax-exempt security
  • Specialized
6.5

A bond or note whose interest income is not taxed

How Required

to compel
258 4.8
to require
1.1
to expect
2.0
to exempt
  • Formal
30 4.1
to excuse
1.5
to allow
1.0

Surface Forms

exempt infinitive
exempted past
exempted past participle
exempting present participle
exempts third person singular

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.