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EXEMPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act exempting someone
Example:
he was granted immunity from prosecution
Synonyms:
exemption; granting immunity; immunity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exemption" is a kind of...):
discharge; release; waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exemption"):
fix (an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear)
official immunity (personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority)
sovereign immunity (an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent)
testimonial immunity; use immunity (an exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
Example:
additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("exemption" is a kind of...):
deduction; tax deduction; tax write-off (a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Immunity from an obligation or duty
Synonyms:
exemption; freedom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("exemption" is a kind of...):
immunity; unsusceptibility (the state of not being susceptible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exemption"):
amnesty (a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment)
diplomatic immunity (exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country)
indemnity (legal exemption from liability for damages)
impunity (exemption from punishment or loss)
grandfather clause (an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War)
Derivation:
exempt (grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to)
