adjective, verb
adjective [notbeforenoun] ~ (from sth) if sb/sth is exempt from sth, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc:
The interest on the money is exempt from tax. * Some students are exempt from certain exams. * Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.
-exempt (in compounds, forming adjectives):
tax-exempt donations to charity
verb [VN] ~ sb/sth (from sth) (formal) to give or get sb's official permission not to do sth or not to pay sth they would normally have to do or pay:
His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. * In 1983, charities were exempted from paying the tax.
