exempted
Released from obligation
Exempted means freed from an obligation or requirement that applies to others.
Someone exempted from jury duty doesn't have to serve.
A building exempted from new regulations doesn't have to comply with them.
Military families were exempted from the travel ban.
The word often appears in legal and administrative contexts where rules apply broadly but certain parties receive exceptions.
Formally forgiven for offense
spared · relieved · forgiven · reprieved · absolved · acquitted · exonerated · cleared
Shown special preference
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- grandfatheredProtected by precedent
- advantagedHaving benefits others lack
elite · VIP · excluded · exceptional · tax-free · duty-free · zero-rated
Kept from harm
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- immuneProtected from harm
- shieldedProtected from harm
- insulatedShielded from heat loss
safeguarded · untouchable · invulnerable · impervious · excluded · outside · beyond · inoculated
pardoned
Formally forgiven for offense
let off · spared · relieved · forgiven · reprieved · absolved · acquitted · exonerated · cleared · discharged
favored
Shown special preference
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- grandfatheredProtected by precedent
advantaged · elite · VIP · excluded · exceptional · tax-free · duty-free · zero-rated
protected
Kept from harm
insulated · safeguarded · untouchable · invulnerable · impervious · excluded · outside · beyond · inoculated · unaffected
exemptedincluded
Made part of
subjected · covered · subject to · encompassed · taxed
exemptedblamed
Held at fault
held accountable · held responsible · answerable · culpable · liable
- religious exemptionBelief excuses compliance
- property tax exemptionReduced levy on real estate
- tax exemptFree from fiscal obligation
- tax exemptionFreedom from governmental levies
- medical exemptionDocumented release from requirement
- legal exemptionAuthorized freedom from requirements
exempt, exemption, exempting, exempts, nonexempt, tax-exempt