exempt

Definition

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "In their country all women are exempt from military service."
• "His income is so small that it is exempt from tax."
• "Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]"