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Meaning of exempt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  exempt
      adj 1: (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"
             [ant: {nonexempt}]
      2: (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of
         nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from
         taxation" [syn: {nontaxable}, {exempt}] [ant: {nonexempt},
         {taxable}]
      v 1: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
           "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: {exempt}, {relieve},
           {free}] [ant: {apply}, {enforce}, {implement}]
      2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this
         class" [syn: {excuse}, {relieve}, {let off}, {exempt}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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