Sekirov Dictionary

exempt

/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/

adjective 4
noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

adjective4

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Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
- In their country all women are exempt from military service.
- His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
(no longer used) Cut off; set apart.
(no longer used) Extraordinary; exceptional.

noun3

One who has been released from something.
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(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
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

verb1

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

forms

exempted · exempting · exempts

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