Exempt
adjective
Not having to obey a rule or fulfil a duty.
Children under the age of 16 are exempt from income tax.
Often appears as...
- exempt from taxes
- exempt from duty
adjective
Not subject to something, usually an unpleasant experience or duty.
It turned out that this millionaire was exempt from paying road tax.
Often appears as...
- exempt from prosecution
- exempt from liability
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Academic
verb
To excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc.
The film is exempted from classification because it's educational.
Often appears as...
- exempted from service
- exempted from fees
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Academic
adjective
Not having to obey a rule or fulfil a duty.
Children under the age of 16 are exempt from income tax.
Often appears as...
- exempt from taxes
- exempt from duty
adjective
Not subject to something, usually an unpleasant experience or duty.
It turned out that this millionaire was exempt from paying road tax.
Often appears as...
- exempt from prosecution
- exempt from liability
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc.
The film is exempted from classification because it's educational.
Often appears as...
- exempted from service
- exempted from fees
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Age Restrictions
Often used when certain age groups are not required to follow rules that apply to others.
You're exempt from jury duty if you're under 18.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'exempt' with 'absent.' 'Exempt' means free from obligation, not simply not present.
I'm not absent from class; I'm exempt from attending today.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Context
'Exempt' usually refers to specific cases or conditions rather than general ones.
This parking lot is exempt from the city's parking regulations.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Restrictions
Often used when certain age groups are not required to follow rules that apply to others.
You're exempt from jury duty if you're under 18.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'exempt' with 'absent.' 'Exempt' means free from obligation, not simply not present.
I'm not absent from class; I'm exempt from attending today.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Context
'Exempt' usually refers to specific cases or conditions rather than general ones.
This parking lot is exempt from the city's parking regulations.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Restrictions
Often used when certain age groups are not required to follow rules that apply to others.
You're exempt from jury duty if you're under 18.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'exempt' with 'absent.' 'Exempt' means free from obligation, not simply not present.
I'm not absent from class; I'm exempt from attending today.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Context
'Exempt' usually refers to specific cases or conditions rather than general ones.
This parking lot is exempt from the city's parking regulations.
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How to spot a liar -...
human decency character integrity that's still it matters that's always what's going to matter so in this much noisier world it might make sense for us to be just a little bit more explicit about our moral code when you combine the science of recognizing deception with the art of looking listening you exempt yourself
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Ugly History: The U.S....
to exempt men from their study, preventing them from enlisting and potentially accessing penicillin. The study even continued through the 1950s when penicillin was shown to help manage late-stage syphilis. By today’s bioethical standards, withholding treatment in a research study without a patient’s informed consent
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Why should you read...
she depicts a son raging at his mother’s bigotry. But the story reveals that he has his own blind spots and suggests that simply recognizing evil doesn’t exempt his character from scrutiny. Even as O’Connor probes the most unsavory aspects of humanity, she leaves the door to redemption open a crack.
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The Trouble with...
buys one that would no longer be allowed under this law the big cat public safety act has gotten strong bipartisan support in congress it's also backed by the association of zoos and aquariums in many law enforcement agencies but some big cat owners would be exempt
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A filmmaker’s vision to...
it our Africans who were raised abroad like I was allowed to hold it is the pen only allowed to be held by those who never left the continent are you all allowed to hold the pen if you are less fortunate this privilege exempts you from the right to hold the
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
So in this much noisier world, it might make sense for us to be just a little bit more explicit about our moral code. When you combine the science of recognizing deception with the art of looking, listening, you exempt yourself from collaborating in a lie.
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Afra Raymond: Three...
You see? But the Ministry of Finance, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, wrote me and said to me, that information is exempt too. You see? This is what we're dealing with, okay? The third thing I will tell you is that I also asked
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
neither men nor women, are fully exempt from this message. Here's what I'm talking about. Whether we actively believe them or consciously reject them, our culture remains in the grips of certain archetypal stories about our supremacy
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Liz Coleman's call to...
with respect to the continuing uses of energy, we were in desperate straits. And that was only the beginning. The corrupting of our political life had become a living nightmare; nothing was exempt --
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The path to ending...
No one is exempt from this, especially in my white community. We must do that work in our hearts, the antiracism work. The second thing is that I encourage people
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How to spot a liar -...
human decency character integrity that's still it matters that's always what's going to matter so in this much noisier world it might make sense for us to be just a little bit more explicit about our moral code when you combine the science of recognizing deception with the art of looking listening you exempt yourself
Video examples
Ugly History: The U.S....
to exempt men from their study, preventing them from enlisting and potentially accessing penicillin. The study even continued through the 1950s when penicillin was shown to help manage late-stage syphilis. By today’s bioethical standards, withholding treatment in a research study without a patient’s informed consent
Video examples
Why should you read...
she depicts a son raging at his mother’s bigotry. But the story reveals that he has his own blind spots and suggests that simply recognizing evil doesn’t exempt his character from scrutiny. Even as O’Connor probes the most unsavory aspects of humanity, she leaves the door to redemption open a crack.
Video examples
The Trouble with...
buys one that would no longer be allowed under this law the big cat public safety act has gotten strong bipartisan support in congress it's also backed by the association of zoos and aquariums in many law enforcement agencies but some big cat owners would be exempt
Video examples
A filmmaker’s vision to...
it our Africans who were raised abroad like I was allowed to hold it is the pen only allowed to be held by those who never left the continent are you all allowed to hold the pen if you are less fortunate this privilege exempts you from the right to hold the
Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
So in this much noisier world, it might make sense for us to be just a little bit more explicit about our moral code. When you combine the science of recognizing deception with the art of looking, listening, you exempt yourself from collaborating in a lie.
Video examples
Afra Raymond: Three...
You see? But the Ministry of Finance, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, wrote me and said to me, that information is exempt too. You see? This is what we're dealing with, okay? The third thing I will tell you is that I also asked
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
neither men nor women, are fully exempt from this message. Here's what I'm talking about. Whether we actively believe them or consciously reject them, our culture remains in the grips of certain archetypal stories about our supremacy
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Liz Coleman's call to...
with respect to the continuing uses of energy, we were in desperate straits. And that was only the beginning. The corrupting of our political life had become a living nightmare; nothing was exempt --
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The path to ending...
No one is exempt from this, especially in my white community. We must do that work in our hearts, the antiracism work. The second thing is that I encourage people
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
Physicians today, as human beings, are not exempt from the perverse economic pressures created by fee-for-service regimes to see more patients for shorter appointments and order more tests and procedures. If the incentives were changed to pay to foster better health outcomes, I am convinced physician behavior would change over time.
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Keri Hilson
American Musician
We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.
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Parker Palmer
American Educator
When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
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Robert Lanza
American Scientist
Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself is not exempted from biocentrism.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.
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James G. Frazer
Scottish Scientist
The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change, of perpetual flux.
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Tony Gilroy
American Writer
Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.
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LeAnn Rimes
American Musician
I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.
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Pierre de Fermat
French Lawyer
I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
Physicians today, as human beings, are not exempt from the perverse economic pressures created by fee-for-service regimes to see more patients for shorter appointments and order more tests and procedures. If the incentives were changed to pay to foster better health outcomes, I am convinced physician behavior would change over time.
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Keri Hilson
American Musician
We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.
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Parker Palmer
American Educator
When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
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Robert Lanza
American Scientist
Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself is not exempted from biocentrism.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.
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James G. Frazer
Scottish Scientist
The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change, of perpetual flux.
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Tony Gilroy
American Writer
Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.
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LeAnn Rimes
American Musician
I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.
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Pierre de Fermat
French Lawyer
I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.
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