exemption
/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/
exemption noun: an act of exempting.
Noun
exemption (countable and uncountable, plural exemptions)
- An act of exempting.
- Synonyms:
- quittance
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
- The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year. […] Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum...2023 June 2, Tami Luhby, “Here’s who would have to work for government benefits – and who wouldn’t – under the debt ceiling package”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- quittance
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
exemption meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
exemption in Tamil
- விலக்கு, விலக்களிப்பு, விலக்களித்தல், விதி விலக்கு, நெறிவிலக்கு, விடுபாடு
exemption in Urdu
- exemption; remission
- معافی mu'āfī
exemption in Bengali
- exemption; escape; liberation; deliverance; relief; release; discharge
- রেহাই rehai
exemption in Malayalam
- immunity, exception, dispensation
- ഇളവ്, എളവ്, ഒഴിവാക്കൽ, ബാദ്ധ്യതയില്ലായ്മ, ഒഴിവാക്കപ്പെടൽ, സുരക്ഷ
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- exemption in Kannada
- ವಿನಾಯಿತಿ, ವಿಮೋಚನೆ, ಬಿಡುತೆ, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ
- exemption in Gujarati
- છૂટ
- exemption in Persian
- بخشودگی baxšudegi, بخشایش baxšāyeš
- exemption in Vietnamese
- sự miễn trừ
Examples of exemption in a sentence
- A sunset clause in this act says the tax exemption will expire on the thirtieth day after the effective date of the act.
- All U.S. states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from getting certain vaccines.
- The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year.
Synonyms of exemption
Forms of exemption
| plural | exemptions |
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Origin of exemption
From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt + -ion.
Words formed from exemption
- exemptional
- nonexemption
- tax exemption
- therapeutic use exemption
Questions about exemption
- What does exemption mean?
- Exemption means an act of exempting.
- What is exemption in Tamil?
- Exemption in Tamil is விலக்கு, விலக்களிப்பு, விலக்களித்தல். See Exemption meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exemption?
- Exemption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exemption?
- Exemption is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/.
- What is the plural of exemption?
- The plural of exemption is exemptions.
Words near exemption in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exemption (page history and authors); exemption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); معافی (Urdu) (page history and authors); রেহাই (Bengali) (page history and authors); exemption (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); exemption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exemption (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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