English to English
exempt
(/I/g'z/E/mpt
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adjective (a)
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject(adj.all)Example:
A beauty somehow exempt from the aging process.
Exempt from jury duty.
Only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes.
source: wordnet30 - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation(adj.all)Example:
Income exempt from taxation.
source: wordnet30 - Cut off; set apart.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To remove; to set apart.(verb)source: webster1913