Antonyms for exempt
ɪgˈzɛmptex·empt

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1. exempt

   To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.

   Antonyms:
   accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, oblige

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.

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1. exempt

   Antonyms:
   subject, responsible, liable, amenable

   Synonyms:
   free, irresponsible, unamenable, clear, liberated, privileged, absolved

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1. exemptadjective

   (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:
   unexcused, liable(p), taxpaying, nonexempt, apply, enforce, implement

   Synonyms:
   nontaxable

2. nontaxable, exemptverb

   (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation

   "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"

   Antonyms:
   liable(p), nonexempt, taxpaying, unexcused, implement, enforce, apply

   Synonyms:
   nontaxable

3. exempt, relieve, freeverb

   grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

   "She exempted me from the exam"

   Antonyms:
   taxpaying, unexcused, liable(p), nonexempt, apply, enforce, implement

   Synonyms:
   unloosen, unfreeze, unloose, ease, salvage, release, resign, save, unblock, disembarrass, rid, liberate, still, unbosom, take over, salve, allay, give up, justify, let off, absolve, palliate, excuse, relieve, assuage, relinquish, remedy, alleviate, dislodge, discharge, free, disengage, lighten, loose

4. excuse, relieve, let off, exemptverb

   grant exemption or release to

   "Please excuse me from this class"

   Antonyms:
   liable(p), taxpaying, unexcused, nonexempt, enforce, implement, apply

   Synonyms:
   justify, condone, apologise, explain, relieve, unbosom, allay, rationalize, excuse, beg off, palliate, free, ease, let off, apologize, rationalise, assuage, alleviate, salve, remedy, salvage, take over, still, lighten, save, pardon

How to use exempt in a sentence?

1. David Gallo:

   We would hope that the search went on until the plane was found, the families are number one, but there's also the flying public that needs to know what happened to that aircraft. No one is exempt from that it could have been anybody. So we need to have answers. And I don't know how you just say it's gone forever.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   You need to protect yourself because you are not completely exempt from serious illness, and you can become the vector, or the carrier of infection, where you get infected, you feel well and then you inadvertently and innocently pass it on to your grandfather, your grandmother or an uncle who is on chemotherapy for cancer.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   It's still a very, very small minority, but it doesn't mean that young people like yourself should say, 'I'm completely exempt from any risk of getting seriously ill,'.

4. Tony Perkins:

   These elected leaders effectively endorsed government discrimination against individuals and nonprofits simply for believing in marriage between a man and a woman, no person or nonprofit should lose tax exempt status, face disqualification, lose a professional license or be punished by the government simply for believing what President Obama believed just three years ago – that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.

5. Peter Flaherty:

   As a condition of their tax-exempt status, nonprofit groups are required by the IRS and state regulators to disclose significant information about their finances, it is important for groups soliciting donations to file accurately and on time.

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