Synonyms for exemption

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ig-zemp-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɛmp ʃən

Définition 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

Antonyms for exemption

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