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exempt(1)(dictionary)
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exempt(1) (iou)



exempt adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin exemptus pa. pple of eximere take out, deliver, free, formed as EX-1 1 + emere take.]
A. adjective.
Not exposed or subject to something unpleasant or inconvenient; not liable to a charge, tax, etc. (Foll. by from, of.) LME.
R. C. Trench They whom Christ loves are no more exempt than others from their share of earthly trouble and anguish. J. Berger He is exempt on medical grounds from military service.
b. Free from a defect, weakness, etc. L16.
Shelley From custom's evil taint exempt and pure.
Independent of, not owing obedience to, a superior authority. Now Hist. (of religious foundations). (Foll. by from.) LME.
A. P. Stanley The Primate..preferred to avoid the question of the exempt jurisdiction of Westminster.
b. Not subject to influence or control. (Foll. by from.) M17.
Gladstone There is no European country in which ecclesiastical societies are exempt from civic control.
b. noun.
Ecclesiastical. A person or establishment not subject to episcopal jurisdiction. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
An inferior cavalry officer in the French army who commanded in the absence of the captain and lieutenant and was exempt from ordinary military duty. L17-E19.
A French police officer. obsolete exc. Hist. L17.
= EXON noun1. E18.
An exempted person; esp. one not liable to payment of tax or military service etc. M19.