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ex·empt

[ig-zempt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
adjective
2.
released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.

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noun
3.
a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc.
4.
(in Britain) exon.

Origin:
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

ex·empt·i·ble, adjective
non·ex·empt, adjective, noun
pre·ex·empt, verb (used with object)
qua·si-ex·empt, adjective
un·ex·empt, adjective
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un·ex·empt·ed, adjective
un·ex·empt·i·ble, adjective
un·ex·empt·ing, adjective
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1. except, excuse, relieve.

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  • Let's keep the discussion to the nonprofit tax exempt colleges, please.
  • There is nothing exempt and there are no exceptions.
  • Balls and strikes should remain exempt from instant replay.
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exempt (ɪɡˈzɛmpt)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to release from an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excuse: to exempt a soldier from drill
 
adj
2.  freed from or not subject to an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excused: exempt gilts; tax-exempt bonus
3.  obsolete set apart; remote
 
n
4.  a person who is exempt from an obligation, tax, etc
 
[C14: from Latin exemptus removed, from eximere to take out, from emere to buy, obtain]
 
ex'emption
 
n

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Word Origin & History

exempt
late 14c., from L. exemptus, pp. of eximere "release, remove," from ex- "out" + emere "buy," originally "take," from PIE base *em- "to take" (cf. O.C.S. imo "to take," Lith. imui, Skt. yamati "holds, subdues"). For sense shift from "take" to "buy," compare O.E. sellan "to give," source of Mod. Eng.
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sell "to give in exchange for money;" Heb. laqah "he bought," originally "he took;" and colloquial Eng. I'll take it for "I'll buy it."

exempt
mid-15c., from M.Fr. exempter, from exempt (adj.); see exempt (adj.). Related: Exempted; exempting.
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