exemption

UK/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/US/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,293 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: exemptions

An exemption is official release from a duty others must meet. A tax exemption, claim an exemption, granted an exemption.

It has to be granted by somebody with the power to grant it, which is what separates an exemption from simply not doing something. Tax exemptions are the commonest and are what most lobbying is actually about.

Definitions of exemption

1nounexemptionOfficial release from a duty others must meet.B2+
“Students are given an exemption from the fee if their parents earn very little.”

exemption is a release.

Where it comes from

Latin exemptio comes from eximere, to take out, from ex- plus emere, to take.

Latin
exemptiō
Old French
exemption
English, today
exemption

From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

exemption in the wild

In patent law, the research exemption or safe harbor exemption is an exemption to the rights conferred by patents, which is especially relevant to drugs.
Research exemption
Supreme Court considered the scope of the Hatch-Waxman exemption in Merck v.
Research exemption
Some systems provide tax exemption for some types of income.
Taxable income
The United States federal tax system allows a deduction for personal exemptions, as well as a minimum standard deduction in lieu of other personal deductions.
Taxable income
The DMCA's principal innovation in the field of copyright is the exemption from direct and indirect liability of Internet service providers and other intermediaries.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Related words

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