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Exempted

Exempt \Ex*empt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]

  1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.]
    --Holland.

  2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.

    Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay.
    --Milton.

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exempted

vb. (en-past of: exempt)

Usage examples of "exempted".

Commission, and the property, activities, and income of the Commission, are hereby expressly exempted from taxation in any manner or form by any State, county, municipality, or any subdivision thereof.

Nonetheless, in the present circumstances Atcheson too believed that chaos could be averted and democracy best served if the imperial system were maintained and Hirohito exempted from charges of war responsibility.

These, again, had to be supplied with material, and the employees exempted from service.

They have exempted her from keeping up a large standing army and so preserved her from the danger of military despotism at home.

It even exempted him from paying certain forced loans which he had extorted from his people.

That measure exempted Trade Unions from liability to pay damages for a certain class of injuries which they might commit in carrying on a strike.