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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXEMPT', v.t. egzemt' [L. eximo, exemptus; ex and emo, to take.]
Literally, to take out or from; hence, to free, or permit to be free, from any charge, burden, restraint,duty, evil or requisition, to which others are subject; to privilege; to grant immunity from. Officers and students of colleges are exempted from military duty. No man is exempted from pain and suffering. The laws of God exempt no man from the obligation to obedience.
Certain abbeys claimed to be exempted from the jurisdiction of their bishops.
EXEMPT', a. Free from any service, charge, burden, tax, duty, evil or requisition, to which others are subject; not subject; not liable to; as, to be exempt from military duty, or from a poll tax; to be exempt from pain or fear. Peers in G. Britain are exempt from serving on inquests.
1. Free by privilege; as exempt from the jurisdiction of a lord or of a court.
2. Free; clear; not included.
3. Cut off from. [Not used.]
EXEMPT', n. One who is exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (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"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes" [ant: nonexempt]
2: (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" [syn: nontaxable, exempt] [ant: nonexempt, taxable] v
1: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" [syn: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere to take out — more at example Date: 14th century 1. obsolete set apart 2. free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject <was exempt from jury duty> <the estate was exempt from taxes> II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to release or deliver from some liability or requirement to which others are subject ; excuse <a man exempted from military service> 2. obsolete to set apart III. noun Date: 1670 one exempted or freed from duty

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 free from an obligation or liability etc. imposed on others. 2 (foll. by from) not liable to. --n. 1 a person who is exempt, esp. from payment of tax. 2 Brit. = EXON. --v.tr. (foll. by from) free from an obligation, esp. one imposed on others. Derivatives: exemption n. Etymology: ME f. L exemptus past part. of eximere exempt- (as EX-(1), emere take)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exempt Ex*empt", n. 1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject. 2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exempt Ex*empt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.] 1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exempt Ex*empt", a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.] 1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. --Shak. 2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] --Chapman. 3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service. True nobility is exempt from fear. --Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(exempts, exempting, exempted) 1. If someone or something is exempt from a particular rule, duty, or obligation, they do not have to follow it or do it. Men in college were exempt from military service... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ from n 2. To exempt a person or thing from a particular rule, duty, or obligation means to state officially that they are not bound or affected by it. South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law... VERB: V n from n • exemption (exemptions) ...the exemption of employer-provided health insurance from taxation. N-VAR: oft N from n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Relieve, release, free, let off, grant immunity to, excuse, except, exonerate (of an obligation or burden). II. a. Exempted, free, liberated, released, not liable, possessed of immunity.

Moby Thesaurus

absolve, acquit, amnesty, chartered, clear, decontaminate, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss, dispense from, dispense with, except, excepted, exculpate, excuse, excused, exempt from, exempted, exonerate, favored, forgive, free, give absolution, give dispensation from, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, immune, irresponsible, justify, let go, let off, liberated, licensed, nonpros, pardon, permitted, privileged, purge, quash the charge, release, released, remise, remit, save the necessity, set free, shrive, spare, spared, unaccountable, unanswerable, unliable, unsubject, vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge