exempt

🇺🇸 /ɪɡˈzempt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪɡˈzempt/
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adjective
R

Not required to follow a rule or pay something that others must.

Children under 5 are exempt from paying the entrance fee.

verb
R

To officially allow someone not to follow a rule or pay something.

The government decided to exempt small businesses from the new tax.

translation

adj. Not required to follow a rule or pay something that others must.
v. To officially allow someone not to follow a rule or pay something.

Word Forms

3rd Present exempts
Past exempted
Perfect exempted
Progressive exempting