exemption
[ig-zemp-shuh n]
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Origin of exemption
Synonyms
See more synonyms for exemption on Thesaurus.com3. 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.
Antonyms
3. liability.
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Examples from the Web for exemption
Contemporary Examples
But the exemption was also born of prejudice and discrimination.
This is naïve: what the owners feared was losing their exemption from antitrust laws.
ENDA had a “Level 3” exemption in it, the same exemption as the Affordable Care Act compromise.
When Obamacare was rolled out, there was no exemption for this wider circle of organizations.
Why would some religious people want an exemption from following a core teaching of their religion?
Historical Examples
If arrested, they can have no claim to exemption from the liabilities of criminals.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
He knows that just as well as he knows why he had himself put on that Exemption Board.
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
God promises assistance but not exemption to those who love Him.
Hymns and Hymnwriters of DenmarkJens Christian Aaberg
Exemption, for instance, from keeping guard and keeping watch.
All who can raise the most frivolous pretext for exemption do so.
The Young Franc TireursG. A. Henty
Word Origin and History for exemption
n.
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.)).
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