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Exempt \Ex*empt"\, n.
1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
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2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard,
having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]
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Exempt \Ex*empt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exempted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Exempting}.] [F. exempter. See {Exempt}, a.]
1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are
subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a
law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to
release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury
service; to exempt from fear or pain.
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Death
So snatched will not exempt us from the pain
We are by doom to pay. --Milton.
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Exempt \Ex*empt"\, a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere
to take out, remove, free; ex out emere to buy, take. Cf.
{Exon}, {Redeem}.]
1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.]
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Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. --Shak.
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2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are
subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some
law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from):
not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from
execution; a person exempt from jury service.
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True nobility is exempt from fear. --Shak.
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T is laid on all, not any one exempt. --Dryden.
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