Associations to the word «Exemption»

Wiktionary

EXEMPTION, noun. An act of exempting.
EXEMPTION, noun. The state of being exempt; immunity.
EXEMPTION, noun. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
EXEMPTION, noun. Freedom from a defect or weakness.

Dictionary definition

EXEMPTION, noun. Immunity from an obligation or duty.
EXEMPTION, noun. A deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent".
EXEMPTION, noun. An act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats