Local English word record

exempt

adjective · 4 senses

(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject

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Examples

  • a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process
  • exempt from jury duty
  • only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes

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