exemption
Freedom from obligation
Exemption is release from an obligation, rule, or requirement that applies to others.
A tax exemption reduces taxable income.
A medical exemption excuses someone from vaccination requirements.
Religious exemptions allow practices otherwise prohibited by law.
She claimed an exemption for her dependent children.
The exempt are those who have been granted exemptions.
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
discharge · clemency · reprieve · exculpation · stay · annulment · indemnity · release
Assumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- VIPNotable, for short
special treatment · diplomatic · immunity · status · elite · perquisite · access · concession
Administered immunity booster
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- religiousOf faith or worship
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
mandate · requirement · school · quarantine · inoculation · public health
Conclusion from premises
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
shelter · filing · withholding · dependent · charitable · itemized · standard · bracket
Authorized delay of obligation
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- draftPreliminary version of text
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- serviceAid or maintenance
discharge · hardship · medical · dependency · civilian · reservist · noncombatant
Handheld defensive armor
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- shelterProtected place or structure
- havenShelter from danger
- asylumShelter from persecution
sanctuary · coverage · umbrella · harbor · insulation · buffer
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
acquittal · discharge · clemency · reprieve · exculpation · stay · annulment · indemnity · release · nonprosecution
entitlement
Assumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
special treatment · VIP · diplomatic · immunity · status · elite · perquisite · access · concession · preferential
vaccination
Administered immunity booster
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- religiousOf faith or worship
waiver · mandate · requirement · school · quarantine · inoculation · public health
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- write-offRecorded value reduction
loophole · shelter · filing · withholding · dependent · charitable · itemized · standard · bracket · IRS
deferment
Authorized delay of obligation
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- draftPreliminary version of text
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
service · discharge · hardship · medical · dependency · civilian · reservist · noncombatant
shield
Handheld defensive armor
asylum · sanctuary · coverage · umbrella · harbor · insulation · buffer
conscientious
Scrupulously careful and thorough
accommodation · observance · belief · clergy · tithe · kosher · halal · ritual · garb · headcovering
- Exceptionsexception, exclusion, special case, anomaly, outlier
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- eligibilityeligible, ineligible, eligibility, eligibility criteria, qualified
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- exemptions
- income taxtax return, taxable income, tax brackets, tax rates, tax bracket
exemptionobligation
Required task or commitment
requirement · mandate · duty · responsibility · compulsion
exemptionliability
Legal or financial obligation
vulnerability · exposure · susceptibility · susceptibleness · openness
exemptioninclusion
Being made part
subjection · coverage · applicability · enrollment · participation
- 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