exemption

English

Etymology

From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptio, from eximere.

Noun

exemption (countable and uncountable, plural exemptions)

1. An act of exempting.
2. The state of being exempt; immunity.
3. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
4. Freedom from a defect or weakness.

Synonyms

• free pass
• get out of jail free card
• immunity

Translations

act of exempting

• Bulgarian: освобождаване (bg) n (osvoboždavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豁免 (zh)

• Dutch: vrijstelling (nl), ontheffing (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vapauttaminen (fi)
• French: exemption (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Befreiung (de) f, Freistellung (de) f
• Greek: απαλλαγή (el) f (apallagí) (apallagí)

  Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις f (áphesis)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Maori: kapenga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fritagelse m, dispensasjon m

  Nynorsk: dispensasjon m

• Portuguese: isenção (pt)
• Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije), исключе́ние (ru) n (isključénije)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: muafiyet (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

state of being exempt; immunity

• Finnish: vapautus (fi), koskemattomuus (fi)
• German: Befreiung (de) f, Freistellung (de) f
• Greek: απαλλαγή (el) f (apallagí) (apallagí)

  Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις f (áphesis)

• Maori: whakawāteatanga

• Norwegian: immunitet m
• Portuguese: imunidade (pt)
• Russian: иммуните́т (ru) m (immunitét)
• Turkish: muafiyet (tr)

deduction from the normal amount of taxes

• Finnish: verovähennys (fi), vähennys (fi)
• German: Freibetrag m
• Norwegian: fradrag n

• Russian: (налоговая) льго́та (ru) f (lʹgóta)
• Turkish: vergi muafiyeti (tr)

freedom from a defect or weakness

• German: Freisein n

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French

Noun

exemption f (plural exemptions)

1. exemption

Synonyms

• dispense

Further reading

• “exemption” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).