EXEMPT
adjective
Definitions
- 1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.
- 2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.
- 3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service. True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
EXEMPT
(noun)
1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. ...
EXEMPT
(verb)
1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.
2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he ope...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
