to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
adjective
released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.
noun
a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc.
(in Britain) exon.
Origin of exempt
1325–75; (adj.) Middle English <Old French <Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere to take out, free, release, equivalent to ex-ex-1 + emptus (past participle of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late Middle English exempten<Old French exempter, derivative of exempt
SYNONYMS FOR exempt
1 except, excuse, relieve.
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OTHER WORDS FROM exempt
ex·empt·i·ble,adjectivenon·ex·empt,adjective,nounpre·ex·empt,verb (used with object)qua·si-ex·empt,adjective
In his ruling, McKenna said the city needed to either license the units or formally exempt the housing authority from inspections through legislation.
She Was Sued Over Rent She Didn’t Owe. It Took Seven Court Dates to Prove She Was Right.|by Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette, and Talia Buford and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica|August 25, 2020|ProPublica
Travel to and from Maryland and Virginia is exempt from the mayor’s order.
Delaware returned to D.C. ‘high-risk states’ list|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|August 24, 2020|Washington Blade
Neighboring cities, like Carlsbad, Escondido and Oceanside, have long argued that emails should be exempt from the state’s two-year minimum, so they also destroy emails on an earlier time table.
North County Report: Why We’re Suing Solana Beach|Kayla Jimenez|August 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
There is evidence, for example, that many departments buy their technology using federal grants or nonprofit gifts, which are exempt from certain disclosure laws.
There is a crisis of face recognition and policing in the US|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
State law requires local agencies to hang onto public records for at least two years, but many have argued that emails should be exempt.
We’re Suing for COVID-19 Data|Scott Lewis and Jesse Marx|August 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Surely, Hollywood should not be exempt from such a standard.
It’s Not Just Cosby: Hollywood’s Long List of Male Scumbags|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Individuals and businesses could exempt themselves from anti-discrimination laws by proffering religious objections to them.
RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In short, the United States is having a bit of an existential crisis, and no one, not even Hollywood, has been exempt.
Welcome to Snowpiercer’s Apocalypse|Teo Bugbee|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Homeschoolers would likely be exempt, then, but we do need to abolish the Classics Major.
St. Hippolytus’ Careers Christians Should Never Have|Candida Moss|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even show ponies are not exempt from ending up in a narrowing chute that feeds the condemned in single file into the “stun box.”
Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse|Michael Daly|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even the city of Philadelphia is not exempt from this moral pestilence.
American Slave Trade|Jesse Torrey
The private property of stockholders shall be exempt from any and all debts of this Corporation.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment|Charles E. Bolton
Although immortal, the gods were not exempt from physical pain.
Myths of Greece and Rome|H. A. Guerber
Were you told that the duties imposed by the ministry were free from every obstacle, exempt from every peril?
The Betrothed|Alessandro Manzoni
He is exempt from taxation and from the payment at least of certain local rates.