Dictionary Definition
exemption
Noun
1 immunity from an obligation or duty [syn:
freedom]
2 a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of
his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over
65 etc.); "additional exemptions are allowed for each
dependent"
3 an act exempting someone; "he was granted
immunity from prosecution" [syn: immunity, granting
immunity]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Translations
An act of exempting
- German: Befreiung , Freistellung
- Greek: απαλλαγή (apallagí)
The state of being exempt; immunity
- German: Befreiung , Freistellung
- Greek: απαλλαγή (apallagí)
A deduction from the normal amount of taxes
- German: Freibetrag
Freedom from a defect or weakness
- German: Freisein
- ttbc Dutch: vrijstelling
French
Noun
fr-noun fSynonyms
Extensive Definition
An exemption is something that excludes certain
things from something else. For example:
- A grandfather clause, in the modern use of the U.S. term, is an exemption that allows a pre-existing condition to continue, even if such a condition is now prohibited from being begun anew.
- A tax exemption allows a certain amount of income or other value to legally avoid taxation.
- Particularly in the US, an exempt employee is one who is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, i. e. is not entitled to overtime pay and other worker's benefits stated in the FLSA.
- Rules against beards, burkas, or other religious symbols often have exemptions if they are worn for religious purposes.
- A student may elect to try for an exemption from a class, if he or she already knows the material from previous work at another school or job. An exemption exam is usually taken by the student as proof of this knowledge because they already know it.
- Exemption (church): in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption is the whole or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or institution from the authority of the ecclesiastical superior next higher in rank.
- Exemption, A three piece Long Island heavy metal band formed in 2001 in Massapequa.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absolution, allowance, amnesty, cession, charter, circumscription,
concession,
diplomatic immunity, discharge, dispensation, exception, exclusion, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, extenuating
circumstances, franchise, freedom, grace, grain of salt, grant, hedge, hedging, immunity, impunity, indemnity, legislative
immunity, liberty,
license, limitation, mental
reservation, modification, nolle
prosequi, non prosequitur, nonprosecution, pardon, patent, permission, privilege, qualification, redemption, release, remission, remission of sin,
reprieve, reservation, restriction, salvo, shrift, sparing, special case, special
treatment, specialness, specification, stay, waiver