exempt
Other forms: exempted; exempting; exempts
If your accountant tells you that you’re exempt from taxes this year, give him a big hug. He is saying that you don’t have to pay taxes.
The adjective exempt traces back to the Latin word exemptus, meaning “to remove or take out” or “to free”. So if you are exempt, you are free of an obligation that others have to fulfill, such as paying taxes. But you can also be exempt from having to obey certain rules, like seniors being exempt from having to sell candy bars for a school fundraiser.
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(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”synonyms:excusedgranted exemptionimmunesecure againstprivilegednot subject to usual rules or penalties
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(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation“income exempt from taxation”synonyms: nontaxable
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grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to“She exempted me from the exam”antonyms:enforceensure observance of laws and rulestypes:derestrictmake free from restrictionsderegulatelift the regulations ondispensegrant a dispensation; grant an exemptionforgiveabsolve from paymentsparesave or relieve from an experience or action
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grant exemption or release to
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Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a regimented community that is free from pain and suffering — but also free from joy, independence, and even color. When he is appointed the community's Receiver of Memory, Jonas begins to question everything he has been taught.
The full title of this declaration includes a focus on citizenship, and it was published two years after the declaration of rights for men and immediately after the National Assembly of France rejected a proposal to extend the rights to women. With an ironic tone, the writer and activist Olympe de Gouges dedicated it to Marie Antoinette, who -- as a woman -- was not seen as an equal. And, as a queen, she did nothing to promote gender equality (yet she was eventually given a trial and death sentence equal to that of King Louis XVI). While a postscript and form for a social contract are also included, the main structure and contents of this declaration parallel and parody its male counterpart. Compare these lists to hear the echoes. E-text available here. Here are links to our lists on rights: The Declaration of Independence, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Declaration of the Rights of Woman, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights