exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
adjective
- Free from an obligation, duty, or requirement that others are subject to.
- Students with a doctor's note may be exempt from physical education class.
- Some employees are exempt from overtime pay because of their job duties.
- Charitable organizations are often exempt from paying taxes.
Synonyms
verb
- To free someone or something from an obligation or requirement.
- The law exempts small businesses from certain reporting requirements.
- New parents are exempted from jury duty for one year.
- The school exempted him from the final exam due to his high grades.
noun
- A person who is freed from a duty or obligation.
- The list of exempts for the new regulation was published online.
- Only a few exempts were allowed to skip the safety training.
- The tax exempts include veterans and senior citizens.