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exempt

Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/

The English word “exempt” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
  2. Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
  3. Cut off; set apart.
  4. Extraordinary; exceptional.

noun

  1. One who has been released from something.
  2. A type of French police officer.
  3. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

verb

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

Etymology

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

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