exempt

Etymology

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

adj

  1. Free from a duty or obligation.
    In their country all women are exempt from military service.
    His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
  2. (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
  3. (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
  4. (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.

noun

  1. One who has been released from something.
  2. (historical) A type of French police officer.
    with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […]. 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Cartouche”, in The Paris Sketch Book
  3. (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

verb

  1. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
    Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.

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