exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/ verb C2- To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from. · Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
He/she/it exempts · Past exempted · Past participle exempted · -ing form exempting
Verb forms
- Base form
- exempt
- He/she/it
- exempts
- Past
- exempted
- Past participle
- exempted
- -ing form
- exempting
From the library
Noirtier—for it was, indeed, he who entered—looked after the servant until the door was closed, and then, fearing, no doubt, that he might be overheard in the antechamber, he opened the door again, nor was the precaution useless, as appeared from the rapid retreat of Germain, who proved that he was not exempt from the sin which ruined our first parents.
How happy you are in being exempt from all this!”
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