— exemptible , adj.
/ig zempt"/ , v.t.
1. to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
adj.
2. released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.
n.
3. a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc.
4. (in Britain) exon.
[ 1325-75; (adj.) ME exemptus, ptp. of eximere to take out, free, release, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + emptus (ptp. of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late ME exempten exempter, deriv. of exempt ]
Syn. 1. except, excuse, relieve.