exempt

Not held liable

Exempt means excused from a requirement or obligation that applies to others.

Someone exempt from jury duty doesn't have to serve.

Tax-exempt income isn't taxed.

To exempt is to grant such freedom: The policy exempts small businesses from the regulation.

An exemption is the state of being exempt or the provision that creates it.

tax

deduction

Conclusion from premises

charity · write-off · tax-free · IRS · filing · audit · taxable · income · revenue · accounting

waiver

forgiveness

Releasing resentment toward offenders

pardon · release · relief · discharge · clemency · mercy · leniency · grace · absolution · remission

privilege

entitlement

Assumed right to benefits

status · exclusive · access · special treatment · immunity · protected · favored · elite · dispensation · birthright

legal

statute

Enacted written rule

exclusion · exception · carve-out · loophole · ordinance · legislation · precedent · regulatory · provision · clause

military

conscription

Mandatory military enrollment

enlistment · selective service · duty · registration · reservist · national guard · civilian · noncombatant · clergy · conscientious objector

Categories
Opposites
obligation/liability

exemptliable

Legally responsible for something

subject · obligated · nonexempt · taxable · responsible

exposure/vulnerability

exemptexposed

Out in open

vulnerable · susceptible · unprotected · open to · subject

inclusion/coverage

exemptincluded

Made part of

covered · applicable · subject · non-exempt · unexempt

Phrases
Family

exemption, exemptions, exempted, exempting, exempts, nonexempt, tax-exempt

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