exemption

[ ig-zemp-shuhn ]

/ ɪgˈzɛmp ʃən /

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noun

the circumstances of a taxpayer, as age or number of dependents, that allow him or her to make certain deductions from taxable income.

the act of exempting.

the state of being exempted; immunity.

Nearby words

exemplificative, exemplify, exemplum, exempt, exempt carrier, exemption, exencephaly, exenterate, exenteration, exenteritis, exequatur

Origin of exemption

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exemptiōn- (stem of exemptiō) removal. See exempt, -ion

SYNONYMS FOR exemption

3 exception. Exemption, immunity, impunity imply special privilege or freedom from imposed requirements. Exemption implies release or privileged freedom from some duty, tax, etc.: exemption from military service. Immunity implies freedom from a penalty or from some liability, especially one that is disagreeable or threatening: immunity from disease. Impunity (limited mainly to the fixed expression with impunity ) primarily suggests freedom from punishment: The police force was so inadequate that crimes could be committed with impunity.

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ANTONYMS FOR exemption

3 liability.

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Related formsex·emp·tive, adjectivenon·ex·emp·tion, nounpre·ex·emp·tion, noun

Examples from the Web for exemption

But the exemption was also born of prejudice and discrimination.
Finally, Home Care Workers Start Fighting Back|Monica Potts|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is naïve: what the owners feared was losing their exemption from antitrust laws.
In Defense of A-Roid|Allen Barra|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
ENDA had a “Level 3” exemption in it, the same exemption as the Affordable Care Act compromise.
Why Progressives Just Woke Up and Killed ENDA|Jay Michaelson|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Obamacare was rolled out, there was no exemption for this wider circle of organizations.
Why Progressives Just Woke Up and Killed ENDA|Jay Michaelson|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Why would some religious people want an exemption from following a core teaching of their religion?
A Victory for ‘Religious Freedom’ is a Loss for Religion|Gene Robinson|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But we have no charter of exemption, that I know of, from the ordinary frailties of our nature.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke
He probably thought that if, after all, you were a German spy, you had earned your exemption.
The U-boat hunters|James B. Connolly
When the Pope's letter granting this exemption was exhibited at a council in London, the greatest indignation was expressed.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans|Thomas Perkins
For the exemption of two-fifths of them reduced it to that proportion.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4|American Anti-Slavery Society
Each person settling there was entitled to fifty acres of land and exemption from general taxes.
History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia|Charles Campbell

Word Origin and History for exemption

exemption

late 14c., from Old French exemption, exencion or directly from Latin exemptionem (nominative exemptio) "a taking out, removing," noun of action from past participle stem of eximere (see exempt (adj.)).

exemption

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