exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of French police officer.
Example Sentences
- "In their country all women are exempt from military service."
- "His income is so small that it is exempt from tax."
- "Students were exempt from service in the armed forces."
- "Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]"
- "corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry"
- "Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval"
Etymology
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁em-, exempt, exemptus
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Transitive verb