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Definition of Exemption
1. Noun. Immunity from an obligation or duty.
Generic synonyms: Immunity, Unsusceptibility
Specialized synonyms: Amnesty, Diplomatic Immunity, Indemnity, Impunity, Grandfather Clause
Derivative terms: Exempt
2. Noun. A deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.). "Additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"
3. Noun. An act exempting someone. "He was granted immunity from prosecution"
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Release, Waiver
Specialized synonyms: Fix, Official Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Testimonial Immunity, Use Immunity
Derivative terms: Immune
Definition of Exemption
1. n. The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
Definition of Exemption
1. Noun. An act of exempting. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being exempt; immunity. ¹
3. Noun. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes. ¹
4. Noun. Freedom from a defect or weakness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exemption
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exemption
Literary usage of Exemption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Upon the one view there would be a loss of exemption through rapidity of construction
... Is not the construction that tbe exemption was to be for a term of ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"The state argued nevertheless that there was in fact no tax exemption but that
... 312) the provision for tax exemption went as a necessary part thereof. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"If the farmers, and other citizens, and all other corporations, were treated to
a like total exemption from all taxation, they, ..."
4. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"To ensure the safety and secrecy of the diplo- Couriers matic despatches they
bear, couriers 3 must be granted of Envoy, exemption from civil and criminal ..."
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