English Explanatory Dictionary

exempt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
  2. Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
  3. Cut off; set apart.
  4. Extraordinary; exceptional.
noun
  1. One who has been released from something.
  2. A type of French police officer.
  3. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
verb
  1. To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/ /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ en-us-exempt.ogg

Word forms

exempt exempts exempting exempted

Etymology

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

Related words

exemption

Derived words

non-exempt nonexempt tax-exempt transmisogyny-exempt unexempt exemptable exemptible nonexempted unexempted
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