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verb (used with object)
adjective
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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
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 forms
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
EXPANDSynonyms
1. except, excuse, relieve.
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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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.
EXPAND 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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