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exempt

adj
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from exemptus
  2. derived from exempt

Definitions

  1. Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

    • In their country all women are exempt from military service.
    • His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
    • Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]

  2. Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.

  3. Cut off

    Cut off; set apart.

    • corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Extraordinary

      Extraordinary; exceptional.

      • Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval

    2. One who has been released from something.

    3. A type of French police officer.

      • with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].

    4. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal

      One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

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

      • Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at exempt. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01exempt02apart03separately04separate05disconnect06appliance07instrument08agency09free

A definitional loop anchored at exempt. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at exempt

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA