noun
Meaning 1
An act of exempting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exemption
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
The state of being exempt; immunity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Freedom from a defect or weakness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
an act exempting someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was granted immunity from prosecution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immunity, granting immunity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: release, waiver, discharge
Narrower terms: fix, official immunity, sovereign immunity, use immunity, testimonial immunity
noun
Meaning 6
a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tax write-off, tax deduction, deduction
noun
Meaning 7
immunity from an obligation or duty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freedom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unsusceptibility, immunity
Narrower terms: amnesty, diplomatic immunity, indemnity, impunity, grandfather clause
History
Etymology
From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: освобождаване (osvoboždavane) — act of exempting
- Catalan: exempció — act of exempting
- Chinese Mandarin: 豁免 (huòmiǎn) — act of exempting
- Danish: fritagelse — act of exempting
- Danish: dispensation — act of exempting
- Danish: immunitet — act of exempting
- Dutch: vrijstelling — act of exempting
- Dutch: ontheffing — act of exempting
- Finnish: vapauttaminen — act of exempting
- French: exemption — act of exempting
- German: Befreiung — act of exempting
- German: Freistellung — act of exempting
- German: Ausnahme(regelung) — act of exempting
- German: Ausnahmebestimmung — act of exempting
- Greek: απαλλαγή (apallagí) — act of exempting
- Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις (áphesis) — act of exempting
- Hungarian: mentesítés — act of exempting
- Hungarian: mentesülés — act of exempting
- Hungarian: felmentés — act of exempting
- Irish: díolúine — act of exempting
- Irish: díolmhú — act of exempting
- Italian: esenzione — act of exempting
- Khmer: ការលើកលែង (kaa ləək lɛɛng) — act of exempting
- Māori: kapenga — act of exempting
- Māori: whakawāteatanga — act of exempting
- Norwegian Bokmål: fritagelse — act of exempting
- Norwegian Bokmål: dispensasjon — act of exempting
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dispensasjon — act of exempting
- Persian: بخشودگی (baxšudegi) — act of exempting
- Persian: بخشایش (baxšāyeš) — act of exempting
- Polish: wykluczanie — act of exempting
- Portuguese: isenção — act of exempting
- Russian: освобожде́ние (osvoboždénije) — act of exempting
- Russian: исключе́ние (isključénije) — act of exempting
- Spanish: exención — act of exempting
- Spanish: eximición — act of exempting
- Turkish: muafiyet — act of exempting
- Ukrainian: звільнення (zvilʹnennja) — act of exempting
- Vietnamese: sự miễn trừ — act of exempting
- Czech: výjimka — state of being exempt; immunity
- Danish: fritagelse — state of being exempt; immunity
- Dutch: exemptie — state of being exempt; immunity
- Finnish: vapautus — state of being exempt; immunity
- Finnish: koskemattomuus — state of being exempt; immunity
- German: Befreiung — state of being exempt; immunity
- German: Freistellung — state of being exempt; immunity
- German: Immunität — state of being exempt; immunity
- Greek: απαλλαγή (apallagí) — state of being exempt; immunity
- Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις (áphesis) — state of being exempt; immunity
- Hungarian: mentesség — state of being exempt; immunity
- Italian: immunità — state of being exempt; immunity
- Māori: whakawāteatanga — state of being exempt; immunity
- Norwegian: immunitet — state of being exempt; immunity
- Persian: بخشودگی (baxšudegi) — state of being exempt; immunity
- Portuguese: imunidade — state of being exempt; immunity
- Russian: иммуните́т (immunitét) — state of being exempt; immunity
- Spanish: exención — state of being exempt; immunity
- Spanish: eximición — state of being exempt; immunity
- Turkish: muafiyet — state of being exempt; immunity
- Danish: toldfrihed — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Finnish: verovähennys — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Finnish: vähennys — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- German: Freibetrag — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Hungarian: adómentesség — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Hungarian: adókedvezmény — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Irish: díolúine — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Norwegian: fradrag — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Persian: بخشودگی (baxšudegi) — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Russian: льго́та (lʹgóta) — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- Turkish: vergi muafiyeti — deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- German: Freisein — freedom from a defect or weakness
- Hungarian: mentesség — freedom from a defect or weakness
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