exempt

English

Etymology

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpt
• Hyphenation: ex‧empt

Adjective

exempt (not comparable)

1. Free from a duty or obligation.

   In their country all women are exempt from military service.

   His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.

2. (of an employee) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.

Derived terms

• tax-exempt

Translations

free from duty or obligation

• Bulgarian: освободен (bg) (osvoboden)
• Czech: oproštěný (cs) m, osvobozený (cs) m
• Dutch: vrijstellen (nl)
• Norwegian: fritatt (no)

• Portuguese: isento (pt)
• Romanian: scutit (ro) m, dispensat (ro) m
• Russian: освобождённый (ru) (osvoboždjónnyj) , свободный (ru) (svobódnyj) 
• Spanish: exento (es)

not entitled to overtime pay

• Norwegian: fastlønnsansatt (no)

Noun

exempt (plural exempts)

1. One who has been released from something.
2. (historical) A type of French police officer.
   • 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, ‘Cartouche’, The Paris Sketch Book:

     with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].

3. (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

Translations

one who has been released from something

• Danish: fritaget (da)
• Dutch: vrijgestelde (nl) m

• Norwegian: fritatt (no)
• Romanian: scutire (ro) f, dispensare (ro) f

Verb

exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)

1. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

Related terms

• exemption

Translations

to grant freedom or immunity from

• Dutch: vrijstellen (nl)
• Finnish: vapauttaa (fi)
• Norwegian: frita (no)

• Romanian: scuti (ro), dispensa (ro)
• Russian: освобождать (ru) (osvoboždátʹ)  impf., освободить (ru) (osvobodítʹ)  pf.

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French

Etymology

From Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡ.zɑ̃/

Adjective

exempt m (feminine exempte, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)

1. exempt

Noun

exempt m (plural exempts)

1. exempt, (type of) policeman
   • 1844, Alexandre Dumas, Les Trois Mousquetaires, XIII:

     « Suivez-moi, dit un exempt qui venait à la suite des gardes.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.

Adjective

exempt m (feminine singular exempte, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)

1. exempt