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exempting

exempting is the present participle and gerund of exempt.

Meaning of exempt

Verb

exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)

  1. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
    • Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.

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Questions about exempting

What is exempting the present participle and gerund of?
Exempting is the present participle and gerund of exempt.

Words near exempting in the dictionary

  1. exempt
  2. exemptable
  3. exempted
  4. exemptee
  5. exemptible
  6. exempting
  7. exemption
  8. exemptional
  9. exemptionalism
  10. exemptionalist
  11. exemptionalists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exempting (page history and authors); exempt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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