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# exempt

adjective; verb (exempt, exempts, exempted, exempting)

«exempt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow: Children are exempt from the charge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#m1)
2. (verb) To free someone from a rule or payment: The doctor's note exempted her from PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life young children may be exempt from fees, taxes or tests; in maths problems exempt people are taken out before you work out the cost. Phrases: «exempt from», «tax-exempt», «be exempted».

### Examples

- Children under 5 are exempt from the entry fee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x1)
- He was exempt from PE because of his broken arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x2)
- Food is exempt from the tax in some places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x3)
- The school exempted the team from homework for one night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x4)
- Nobody is exempt from the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x5)
- If 30 people go and 6 are exempt, only 24 pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x6)
- “I hold that on account of his great losses Fionn is to be exempt from payment of damages, and that his losses are to be considered as damages.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x7)

### Note

«Exempt from» (not «of»). Noun: exemption. Say «ig-ZEMPT». In maths, subtract the exempt ones first, then multiply the rest by the price.

## In Jewish tradition

It means free from a duty. King Asa called everyone in Judah, and none was freed from the work of carrying away the stones.

**Interpretation.** The story is read as showing a king who used all the people to defend his land, though some commentators criticize Asa for relying on Aram and not on God.

### Examples

- Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. (Prophets 1KI.15.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/exempt/#x1)

### Note

«Exempt from» (not «of»). Noun: exemption. Say «ig-ZEMPT». In maths, subtract the exempt ones first, then multiply the rest by the price.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exempt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «exempt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/exempt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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