exempt
adjective
[ ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t ]
• free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
• "these patients are exempt from all charges"
Similar:
free from,
not liable to,
not subject to,
exempted,
spared,
excepted,
excused,
absolved,
released,
discharged,
immune,
Opposite:
liable to,
subject to,
exempt
verb
• free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
• "they were exempted from paying the tax"
Similar:
free from,
not liable to,
not subject to,
exempted,
spared,
excepted,
excused,
absolved,
released,
discharged,
immune,
excuse,
free,
release,
exclude,
give/grant immunity,
spare,
let off,
relieve of,
make an exception of/for,
liberate,
absolve,
discharge,
let off the hook,
grandfather,
dispense,
Opposite:
liable to,
subject to,
exempt
noun
• a person who is exempt from something, especially the payment of tax.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere .
