exemption

[ig-zemp-shuhn]

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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.

Origin of exemption

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

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

Synonyms for exemption

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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.

Antonyms for exemption

3. liability.

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Related Words for exemption

privilege, discharge, exception, immunity, dispensation, release, impunity, absolution, exoneration

Examples from the Web for exemption

Contemporary Examples of exemption

But the exemption was also born of prejudice and discrimination.
Finally, Home Care Workers Start Fighting Back
Monica Potts
October 19, 2014
This is naïve: what the owners feared was losing their exemption from antitrust laws.
In Defense of A-Roid
Allen Barra
September 5, 2014
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
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
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

Historical Examples of exemption

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.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
God promises assistance but not exemption to those who love Him.
Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
Jens Christian Aaberg
Exemption, for instance, from keeping guard and keeping watch.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
Xenophon
All who can raise the most frivolous pretext for exemption do so.
The Young Franc Tireurs
G. A. Henty

Word Origin and History for 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.)).