exempt
Use Exempt in a sentence
verb (used with object)
adjective
2.
released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.
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
Synonyms
1. except, excuse, relieve.
1. except, excuse, relieve.
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exempt (ɪɡˈzɛmpt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Etymonline
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.
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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Example sentences
Interest is exempt from state and local taxes.
Exempt are communications to protect public health and safety or efforts to promote tourism.
Thus far, tax-exempt funds have largely ignored residential real estate.
Global warming theory cannot be exempt if it is to be counted as science.
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