Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exemption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exemption \Ex*emp"tion\, n. [L. exenptio a removing: cf. F.
exemption exemption.]
The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from
any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject;
immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from
seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from
anxiety, suffering, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exemption
n 1: immunity from an obligation or duty [syn: {freedom}]
2: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from
prosecution" [syn: {immunity}, {granting immunity}]
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