exempt

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/ or /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧empt

Adjective

Positive exempt

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If you are exempt from something, you do not need to fulfill the duty or obligation.

   In their country, all women are exempt from military service.

   His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.

Noun

Singular exempt

Plural exempts

1. An exempt is a person who has been released from something.

Verb

Plain form exempt

Third-person singular exempts

Past tense exempted

Past participle exempted

Present participle exempting

1. (transitive) If you exempt something from something, you grant them freedom or immunity from it.

   Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.

Related words

• exemption