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ex·empt (ĭg-zĕmpt́)

[Middle English exempten, from Old French exempter, from exempt, exempt, from Latin exemptus past participle of eximere, to take out; see example.]

transitive verb: -empt·ed, -empt·ing, -empts. 

  1. To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject: exempting the disabled from military service.
  2. Obsolete To set apart; isolate.

adjective 

  1. Freed from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject; excused: persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process.
  2. Obsolete Set apart; isolated.

noun 

One who is exempted from an obligation, a duty, or a liability.

derivatives

ex·empt́i·ble
adjective