Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject.
- transitive verb Obsolete To set apart; isolate.
- adjective Freed from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject; excused.
- adjective Not subject to certain federal workplace laws or protections, especially those requiring overtime compensation.
- adjective Obsolete Set apart; isolated.
- noun One who is exempted from an obligation, duty, or liability.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exempted; having exemption; free or clear, as from subjection or liability to something disagreeable, onerous, or dangerous; dispensed: as, to be exempt from military duty; exempt from the jurisdiction of a court.
- Removed; remote.
- Standing apart; separated; select.
- noun One who is exempted or freed from duty; one dispensed from or not subject to service, especially military or other obligatory public service.
- noun In England, one of four officers of the yeomen of the royal guard, styled corporals in their commission; an exon.
- To free or permit to be free (from some undesirable requirement or condition); grant immunity (to); release; dispense: as, no man is exempted from pain and suffering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Cut off; set apart.
- adjective obsolete Extraordinary; exceptional.
- adjective Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with
from ): not subject to; not liable to - noun One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
- noun engraving One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.
- transitive verb obsolete To remove; to set apart.
- transitive verb To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Free from aduty orobligation . - adjective of an employee Not entitled to
overtime pay when working overtime. - noun One who has been released from something.
- verb transitive To grant (someone)
freedom orimmunity from .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
- verb grant exemption or release to
- verb grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- adjective (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Shiloh, a town of 2,200 people, billboards advertise new homes, and foundations have been laid for about 10 new buildings that remain exempt from the 10-month construction freeze.
Two solitudes 2009
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In Shiloh, a town of 2,200 people, billboards advertise new homes, and foundations have been laid for about 10 new buildings that remain exempt from the 10-month construction freeze.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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The term exempt is, strictly speaking, not applied to an Abbot nullius, because his jurisdiction is entirely extraterritorial.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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There are a few other entitlement programs that are exempt from the spending freeze, notably Medicare and Medicaid, which will continue to grow unless some form of the health care reform legislation is passed to rein it in.
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How these folks stay tax exempt is beyond my understanding.
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But if I was Rep. Kennedy I would tell the Bishop, your tax exempt is over with.
Abortion and politics a volatile mix for U.S. Catholics 2009
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In fact, the extension of the cuts is exempt from the new "pay-go" rules that Obama signed into law recently.
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Yet the Pentagon budget — which is expected to exceed $700 billion when Obama unveils his budget on Feb. 1st — remains inexplicably exempt from the spending freeze.
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War widows and those on disability living allowance will be exempt from the cap.
Benefit cuts 'will force thousands into suburbs' Patrick Wintour 2010
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How these folks stay tax exempt is beyond my understanding.
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