Dictionary definition · exempt
verb
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to"She exempted me from the exam"
- grant exemption or release to"Please excuse me from this class"
adjective
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject"a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"
- (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation"the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).