Exempt Meaning
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFree from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
adjNot entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
Sentence Examples
We will exempt you from attending.
These articles are all exempt from duty.
These articles are exempt from "Droits de douane".
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher decided to ____ the top student from the final exam.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Some types of organizations are ____ from paying certain taxes under the new law.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]"
— 1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, Act I, page 15:
"corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry"
— 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
"Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval"
— 1614–1615, Homer, “The Sixth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
"with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […]."
— 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Cartouche”, in The Paris Sketch Book:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher decided to ____ the top student from the final exam.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Some types of organizations are ____ from paying certain taxes under the new law.