grandparented
Kept old privileges
Grandparented describes something exempted from new rules or requirements because it existed before those rules took effect.
A business grandparented under old regulations doesn't have to comply with stricter new ones: The building was grandparented in, so it doesn't need the updated sprinkler system.
The term comes from grandfather clauses—laws that exempted people whose ancestors had certain rights.
Legally guaranteed as yours
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- clauseProvision in agreement
- safeguardedKept from harm
- shieldedProtected from harm
insulated · secured · guaranteed · preserved · inviolable · enshrined · irrevocable · noncancellable
Protected by precedent
- exemptNot subject to
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- exemptionRelease from requirement
preexisting · nonconforming · unaffected · dispensation · excused · excluded · excepted · carve-out
Received from forebears
- outdatedNo longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- historicalOf documented times
traditional · bygone · old-fashioned · superseded · transitional · carryover · holdover · remnant
Exempting from new requirements
- nonretroactiveNot applying to past
- unchangedNot modified at all
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- precedentPrior authoritative example
tenure · entitlement · perpetuated · maintained · sustained · ongoing · uninterrupted · retained
vested
Legally guaranteed as yours
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- clauseProvision in agreement
- safeguardedKept from harm
shielded · insulated · secured · guaranteed · preserved · inviolable · enshrined · irrevocable · noncancellable · unchallengeable
grandfathered
Protected by precedent
exemption · preexisting · nonconforming · unaffected · dispensation · excused · excluded · excepted · carve-out · allowed
inherited
Received from forebears
- outdatedNo longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
historical · traditional · bygone · old-fashioned · superseded · transitional · carryover · holdover · remnant · relic
grandfathering
Exempting from new requirements
- nonretroactiveNot applying to past
- unchangedNot modified at all
- stabilityResistance to displacement
precedent · tenure · entitlement · perpetuated · maintained · sustained · ongoing · uninterrupted · retained · honored
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
ancestors · genealogy · bloodline · roots · descent · kinship · pedigree · elders · matrilineal · patrilineal
grandparentednon-exempt
Owed overtime wages
regulated · unexempted · updated · modernized · mandated
- great grandparentsYour grandparents' parents
- grandparents houseOlder relatives' dwelling
- great great grandparentsAncestors four generations back
- grandparent scamFraud targeting seniors via fake relatives
- grandparent rightsElders' legal visitation claims
- Grandparents DayHoliday honoring older relatives
grandparent, grandparents, grandparenting, great-grandparents, great-grandparent