Antonyms for exemption


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zemp-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɛmp ʃən


Definition of exemption

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French exemption, exencion or directly from Latin exemptionem (nominative exemptio) "a taking out, removing," noun of action from past participle stem of eximere (see exempt (adj.)).
  • noun freedom from a responsibility
Example sentences :
  • If arrested, they can have no claim to exemption from the liabilities of criminals.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He knows that just as well as he knows why he had himself put on that Exemption Board.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • God promises assistance but not exemption to those who love Him.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • Exemption, for instance, from keeping guard and keeping watch.
  • Extract from : « The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • All who can raise the most frivolous pretext for exemption do so.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • The question is not whether the youth has an exemption paper.
  • Extract from : « The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon » by Newell Dwight Hillis
  • The heart of the question is, Has he any moral right to accept an exemption?
  • Extract from : « The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon » by Newell Dwight Hillis
  • But the exemption and substitute laws remained as effective as ever.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • In her exemption from hardship, and the education she would receive.
  • Extract from : « Flora Lyndsay » by Susan Moodie
  • The letters of Khammurabi often deal with claims to exemption.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 » by Various

Synonyms for exemption

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