- exemption
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)Freedom from obligationNouns — exemption, freedom, immunity, impunity, privilege, liberty, release, excuse, dispensation, exception, benefit of clergy, executive privilege, absolution, discharge; [bill, act, covenant, or deed of] indemnity. See permission, unconformity.Verbs — exempt, release, discharge, liberate, free, set at liberty; indemnify; let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation; stretch a point.Adjectives1. exempt, free, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, unaccountable, not answerable, immune, privileged, excusable, off the hook.2. not having, devoid of, destitute of, without, unpossessed of, unblest with, exempt from, off one's hands; tax-free, untaxed, untaxable, tax-exempt.II(Roget's IV) n.Syn. exception, immunity, impunity, privilege, exception, exclusion, release, dispensation; see also exception 1 , 2 , freedom 2 .Syn.- exemption implies release from some obligation or legal requirement, esp. where others are not so released [exemption from military service ] ; immunity implies freedom from or protection against something disagreeable or menacing to which all or many are liable [ granted immunity from prosecution ] ; impunity specifically implies escape or freedom from punishment [ to commit a crime with impunity]
English dictionary for students. 2013.