exempting
Freeing from obligation
Exempting means excusing or releasing from a requirement that applies to others.
A teacher might exempt certain students from an assignment; a law might exempt small businesses from regulations: Employees earning below the threshold are exempted from the new policy.
The present participle of exempt, it often appears in legal and administrative contexts where exceptions are being carved out.
Forgiving a transgression
- relievingReducing discomfort or strain
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
absolving · waiving · dismissing · discharging · liberating · unburdening · letting off · excluding
Formal surrender of rights
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- exceptionDeviation from standard
- immunityProtected from harm
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
release · pardon · acquittal · discharge · exoneration · clearance · absolution · amnesty
Preferential treatment of some
- special statusPrivileged position or recognition
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
exclusivity · elite · protected class · insider · beneficiary · preferential · immunity · birthright
excusing
Forgiving a transgression
- relievingReducing discomfort or strain
- sparingUsing resources minimally
- freeingReleasing from confinement
releasing · absolving · waiving · dismissing · discharging · liberating · unburdening · letting off · excluding · omitting
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
dispensation · release · pardon · acquittal · discharge · exoneration · clearance · absolution · amnesty · clemency
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- special statusPrivileged position or recognition
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
preference · exclusivity · elite · protected class · insider · beneficiary · preferential · immunity · birthright · concession
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
shelter · haven · loophole · nonprofit · charitable · dependent · filing · bracket · liability · withholding
- Excusingjustifying, forgiving, pardoning, condoning, rationalizing
exemptingincluding
Containing as part
subjecting · binding · obligating · requiring · covering
exemptingblaming
Assigning responsibility for wrongdoing
holding accountable · charging · indicting · implicating · accusing
- religious exemptionBelief excuses compliance
- property tax exemptionReduced levy on real estate
- tax exemptionFreedom from governmental levies
- medical exemptionDocumented release from requirement
- legal exemptionAuthorized freedom from requirements
- vaccine exemptionPermission to skip mandated shots