EXEMPTION
\ɛɡzˈɛmpʃən], \ɛɡzˈɛmpʃən], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈɛ_m_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXEMPTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of exempting: the state of being exempt: freedom from any service, charge, burden, tax, evil, or requisition, to which others are subject: immunity: privilege: as, exemption from feudal servitude; exemption from pain, sorrow, or death; "The Roman laws gave particular exemptions to such as built ships or traded in corn."-Arbuthnot: in the R. C. Church, a dispensation occasionally granted by the pope to clergymen, and more rarely to laymen, to exempt them from the authority of their ordinaries.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald