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. Bennie Thompson:

   No one is exempt from the review of Homeland Security Committee. And without saying,' We will do this to former President Donald Trump,' or some other individual, I will trust the professional investigation that will be conducted. I will trust the people who are tasked with the responsibility of a deep dive into the scope and circumstances that got us to January 6, and if in fact they bring to us that information, that says' you need to do this,' there is absolutely no reluctance on my part as chair to issue the subpoena.

2. William Ralph Inge:

   There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.'

3. Richard Whately:

   He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

4. 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.

5. Marc Broude:

   There is certain power you gain being exempt from capitalist companies that UPC or ISBN the mark of the beast on your forehead and treat you like their favorite prostitute.