exempts

Frees from obligation

Exempts is the verb form meaning to free from an obligation or requirement that applies to others: The law exempts small businesses from the regulation, Her medical condition exempts her from jury duty.

As a noun, exempts are people or entities that have been excused from something: Tax exempts don't file returns.

release

discharge

Release of substance outward

  • freeWithout payment or restriction
  • absolveRelease from guilt
  • pardonOfficial release from punishment

acquit · exonerate · liberate · clear · relieve · excuse · spare · let off · unburden · forgive

legal

waiver

Formal surrender of rights

exclusion · loophole · deduction · allowance · provision · clause · statute · regulation · compliance · liability

privilege

entitlement

Assumed right to benefits

benefit · perquisite · status · elite · VIP · access · special treatment · insider · protection · immunity

tax

deduction

Conclusion from premises

credit · rebate · filing · withholding · dependent · charitable · nonprofit · threshold · bracket · IRS

Opposites
obligation/requirement

exemptsobligates

Binds by necessity

requires · compels · mandates · binds · forces

inclusion/subjection

exemptssubjects

Areas of study

includes · covers · encompasses · involves · implicates

accountability/blame

exemptsholds

Keeps in possession

blames · charges · implicates · accuses · indicts

Phrases
Family

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

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