单词 | exempt |
释义 | exempt —exemptible, adj. /ig zempt"/, v.t. 1. to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination. adj. 2. released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes. n. 3. a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc. 4. (in Britain) exon. [1325-75; (adj.) ME < OF < L exemptus, ptp. of eximere to take out, free, release, equiv. to ex- EX-1 + emptus (ptp. of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late ME exempten < OF exempter, deriv. of exempt] Syn. 1. except, excuse, relieve. |
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