(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone or something is ~ from a particular rule, duty, or obligation, they do not have to follow it or do it.
Men in college were ~ from military service...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ from n
2.
To ~ a person or thing from a particular rule, duty, or obligation means to state officially that they are not bound or affected by it.
South Carolina claimed the power to ~ its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law...
VERB: V n from n
~ion (~ions)
...the ~ion of employer-provided health insurance from taxation.
N-VAR: oft N from n