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Definitions for Exempt

[1] to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
[2] released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.
[3] a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc.
[4] (in Britain) exon.
[5] (tr) to release from an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excuse to exempt a soldier from drill
[6] freed from or not subject to an obligation, liability, tax, etc; excused exempt gilts ; tax-exempt bonus
[7] obsolete set apart; remote
[8] a person who is exempt from an obligation, tax, etc

Words related to Exempt

immune, excuse, spare, exonerate, free, favored, clear, discharged, privileged, released, excepted, unbound, liberated, spared, dispense, except, release, discharge, liberate, outside

Words nearby Exempt

exempli gratia, exemplification, exemplificative, exemplify, exemplum, exempt, exempt carrier, exemption, exencephaly, exenterate, exenteration

Origin of Exempt

1325–75; (adj.) Middle English < Old French < Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere to take out, free, release, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + emptus (past participle of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late Middle English exempten < Old French exempter, derivative of exempt

Other words from Exempt

ex·empt·i·ble , adjective
non·ex·empt , adjective, noun
pre·ex·empt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-ex·empt , adjective
un·ex·empt , adjective
un·ex·empt·ed , adjective
un·ex·empt·i·ble , adjective
un·ex·empt·ing , adjective

Word origin for Exempt

C14: from Latin exemptus removed, from eximere to take out, from emere to buy, obtain

Synonyms for Exempt

immune, absolved, clear, cleared, discharged, excepted, excluded, excused, favored, free, liberated, privileged, released, spared, unbound, walked, beat the rap, let go, let off, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook, outside, set apart, special, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, void of