verb
- Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.
- usage: "She exempted me from the exam"
- Grant exemption or release to.
- usage: "Please excuse me from this class"
adjective
- Of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e. G. Taxes) to which others or other things are subject. (
- usage: "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
- Of goods or funds. ( not subject to taxation)
- usage: "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"
- synonyms: nontaxable