exempt

Not required to follow a particular rule or pay something that other people must.

• Some students are exempt from fees.
• This income is exempt from tax.
• Are older workers exempt from the new requirement?

How to use it: be exempt from something (Children under five are exempt from the entrance fee.)

Similar words: excused

Opposites: liable

Common phrases: exempt from tax, exempt from something, tax exempt

To officially allow someone not to follow a rule, do a duty, or pay a charge.

• The school exempts younger children.
• The government exempted charities from the charge.
• Does this rule exempt you from paying?

How to use it: exempt someone/something from something (The law exempts small businesses from this tax.)

Similar words: excuse, release

Common phrases: exempt someone, exempt someone from something, exempt certain groups

A person who does not have to do something that others are required to do.

• He was listed as an exempt.
• The clerk recorded the names of all exempts.
• Each exempt had to provide proof of release from service.

Common phrases: an exempt, registered exempt, classified as exempt