exempt [ig-zempt] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin verb (used with object)
- 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 Related formsex·empt·i·ble, adjectivenon·ex·empt, adjective, nounpre·ex·empt, verb (used with object)qua·si-ex·empt, adjectiveun·ex·empt, adjectiveun·ex·empt·ed, adjectiveun·ex·empt·i·ble, adjectiveun·ex·empt·ing, adjectiveSynonyms for exempt 1. except, excuse, relieve. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for exempted immune, excuse, spare, exonerate, free, favored, clear, discharged, privileged, released, excepted, unbound, liberated, spared, dispense, except, release, discharge, liberate, outside Examples from the Web for exempted Contemporary Examples of exempted
He told me, apparently incorrectly, that aid to Israel would be exempted from sequester, so “you should be happy.”
Why Sympathy For Israel Is A Useful Metric
Jonathan S. Mark
April 8, 2013
In January, Obama announced a three-year freeze on discretionary spending, but exempted defense altogether.
Peter Beinart
March 8, 2010
If other nations purchasing American arms could find pen and ink to sign, why should India be exempted?
M.J. Akbar
July 27, 2009
Historical Examples of exempted
Our relation was not exempted from the failings of young men.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Fire flashed from his myopic eyes, which had exempted him from service with the army.
Emile Zola
A homestead to the value of $1,000 is exempted to “the head of the family.”
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
The homestead, to the value of $2,000, is exempted for the wife.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
A homestead to the value of $1,500 is exempted for the survivor and minor children.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
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British Dictionary definitions for exempted exempt verb
- (tr) to release from an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excuseto exempt a soldier from drill
adjective (sometimes postpositive)
- freed from or not subject to an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excusedexempt gilts; tax-exempt bonus
- obsolete set apart; remote
noun
- a person who is exempt from an obligation, tax, etc
Derived Formsexemption, nounWord Origin for exempt C14: from Latin exemptus removed, from eximere to take out, from emere to buy, obtain Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exempted exempt adj.
late 14c., from Old French exempt (13c.) and directly from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere “remove, take out, take away; free, release, deliver, make an exception of,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + emere “buy,” originally “take,” from PIE root *em- “to take, distribute” (cf. Latin sumere “to take, obtain, buy,” Old Church Slavonic imo “to take,” Lithuanian imui, Sanskrit yamati “holds, subdues”). For sense shift from “take” to “buy,” compare Old English sellan “to give,” source of Modern English sell “to give in exchange for money;” Hebrew laqah “he bought,” originally “he took;” and colloquial English I’ll take it for “I’ll buy it.”
exempt v.
mid-15c., from Middle French exempter, from exempt (adj.); see exempt (adj.). Related: Exempted; exempting.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper