exemption

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪɡˈzɛmpʃən/ UK /ɪɡˈzɛmpʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the state of being freed from an obligation; an instance of this

He claimed a tax exemption for his dependent children.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being freed... immunity exception dispensation release freedom exclusion privilege

Opposites

liability obligation inclusion

Word family

Related forms exemptexemptible

Etymology

From Latin exemptio ('a taking out, removing'), from eximere ('to take out, release'), from ex- ('out') + emere ('to take, buy').

exemptio Latin emere Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# exemption

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzɛmpʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈzɛmpʃən/

## Meanings
1. the state of being freed from an obligation; an instance of this

## Examples
- He claimed a tax exemption for his dependent children.

## Synonyms
- immunity
- exception
- dispensation
- release
- freedom
- exclusion
- privilege

## Antonyms
- liability
- obligation
- inclusion

## Related Forms
- exempt
- exemptible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exemptio
- Root: emere

## Etymology
From Latin exemptio ('a taking out, removing'), from eximere ('to take out, release'), from ex- ('out') + emere ('to take, buy').

## AI Etymology
Exemption comes from Latin exemptio ('a taking out, removing'), from eximere ('to take out, release'), from ex- ('out') + emere ('to take, buy'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: ex- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the state of being freed from an obligation; an instance of this", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as exempt and exemptible, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin exemptio and Latin emere, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by immunity, exception, dispensation, and release on one side and contrasts such as liability, obligation, and inclusion on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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