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exemptible

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ex⋅empt

  [ig-zempt]
Use exemptible in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
ex⋅empt⋅i⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. except, excuse, relieve.
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ex·empt   (ĭg-zěmpt')   
tr.v.   ex·empt·ed, ex·empt·ing, ex·empts

  1. To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject: exempting the disabled from military service.

  2. Obsolete To set apart; isolate.

adj.  

  1. Freed from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject; excused: persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process.

  2. Obsolete Set apart; isolated.

n.  One who is exempted from an obligation, a duty, or a liability.

[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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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

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.>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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