exemption

From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/

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exemption (countable and uncountable, plural exemptions)

1. An act of exempting.
2. The state of being exempt; immunity.
   • 2023 June 2, Tami Luhby, “Here’s who would have to work for government benefits – and who wouldn’t – under the debt ceiling package”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year. […] Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy.

3. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
4. Freedom from a defect or weakness.

• dispensation
• free pass
• get out of jail free card
• immunity

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɑ̃p.sjɔ̃/

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exemption f (plural exemptions)

1. exemption

   Synonym: dispense

• “exemption”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.