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Adjective exempt has 2 senses
- exempt - (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"
Antonyms: nonexempt, liable, taxpaying, unexcused
- nontaxable, exempt - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"
Verb exempt has 2 senses
- exempt, relieve, free - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
Antonyms: enforce, implement, apply
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- excuse, relieve, let off, exempt - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
--2 is one way to absolve, justify, free
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot exempt Sue
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