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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. |
–noun
| 3. | a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc. |
| 4. | (in Britain) exon. |
Origin:
1325–75; (adj.) ME < OF < L exemptus, ptp. of eximere to take out, free, release, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + emptus (ptp. of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late ME exempten < OF exempter, deriv. of exempt
1325–75; (adj.) ME < OF < L exemptus, ptp. of eximere to take out, free, release, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + emptus (ptp. of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late ME exempten < OF exempter, deriv. of exempt
Related forms:
ex⋅empt⋅i⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
1. except, excuse, relieve.
1. except, excuse, relieve.
ex⋅on
1 [ek-son] –noun
| (in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority. |
Also called exempt.
Origin:
1645–55; earlier exant, for F exempt (sp. altered to show F pronunciation)
1645–55; earlier exant, for F exempt (sp. altered to show F pronunciation)
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| ex·empt (ĭg-zěmpt') tr.v. ex·empt·ed, ex·empt·ing, ex·empts
[Middle English exempten, from Old French exempter, from exempt, exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere, to take out; see example.] ex·empt'i·ble adj. |
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Exempt
Ex*empt"\, a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.]1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. --Shak. 2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] --Chapman. 3. 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; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service. True nobility is exempt from fear. --Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. --Dryden.Exempt
Ex*empt"\, n. 1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject. 2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]Exempt
Ex*empt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. 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; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : exempt
Spanish:
eximir,
German:
befreien,
Japanese:
免除する
exempt (adj.)
c.1374, 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·empt
Pronunciation: ig-'zempt
Function: adjective
: free or released from some obligation or duty to which others are subject : not subject or liable
Main Entry: exempt
Function: transitive verb
: to release or exclude from some liability (as in taxation), obligation, or duty to which others are subject <exempts the income of a spendthrift trust —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.>
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