exempt

Universal Words 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.