| 单词 | exemption |
| 释义 | exemption —exemptive, adj. /ig zemp"sheuhn/, n. 1. the circumstances of a taxpayer, as age or number of dependents, that allow him or her to make certain deductions from taxable income. 2. the act of exempting. 3. the state of being exempted; immunity. [1400-50; late ME < L exemption- (s. of exemptio) removal. See EXEMPT, -ION] Syn. 3. exception. EXEMPTION, IMMUNITY, IMPUNITY imply special privilege or freedom from imposed requirements. EXEMPTION implies release or privileged freedom from some duty, tax, etc.: exemption from military service. IMMUNITY implies freedom from a penalty or from some liability, esp. one that is disagreeable or threatening: immunity from disease. IMPUNITY (limited mainly to the fixed expression with impunity) primarily suggests freedom from punishment: The police force was so inadequate that crimes could be committed with impunity. Ant. 3. liability. |
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