| a. | 1. | Cut off; set apart. |
| 2. | Extraordinary; exceptional. | |
| 3. | Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; - (with from): not subject to; not liable to; | |
| n. | 1. | One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject. |
| 2. | One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To remove; to set apart. |
| 2. | To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; |
| Verb | 1. | exempt - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" |
| 2. | exempt - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" | |
| Adj. | 1. | exempt - (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" Antonyms: nonexempt - (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability |
| 2. | exempt - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" Synonyms: nontaxable |