Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. exempt

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

   Antonyms:
   subject, responsible, liable, amenable

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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"

   Synonyms:
   nontaxable

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

2. nontaxable, exemptverb

   (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation

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

   Synonyms:
   nontaxable

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

3. exempt, relieve, freeverb

   grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

   "She exempted me from the exam"

   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

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

4. excuse, relieve, let off, exemptverb

   grant exemption or release to

   "Please excuse me from this class"

   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

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

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1. exemptverb

   Synonyms:
   excuse, exonerate, relieve, release, free, let off, grant immunity to

2. exemptadjective

   Synonyms:
   exempted, free, liberated, released

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1. List of paraphrases for "exempt":

   exonérées, exempted, tax-exempt, exemption, excepted, absolve, exonerate, free, exclude, exonerated, relieve, exempts, relieved, waive, tax-free

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1. Mayor Bettie Parker:

   North Carolina on Friday is a microcosm now of what is going on across the nation, i see now that no city, small or large, is exempt.

2. Michel de Montaigne:

   No man is exempt from saying silly things the mischief is to say them deliberately.

3. John Maynard Keynes:

   The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

4. Curtis Cassner:

   If [Simpson’s protected money] is an exempt asset, then it remains an exempt asset [even if given away], generally speaking.

5. Stephen Brown:

   I think at some point, the state of Nevada is going to have to look at how it is going to pay for services, when you bring in businesses that are big, you generate jobs, but if you then exempt them from taxes, all those people who came with the company are going to demand schools for their children and police for their neighborhoods.