Exempted
/ɪɡˈzemptɪd/noun
Freed someone or something from a duty, rule, obligation, or requirement.
Did you know?In Latin legal usage, exemptus described something removed from general obligations, giving the word its enduring association with special freedom from rules.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*em-
“To take or acquire”
Classical Latin
Latin
eximere
“To take out, remove, or release from an obligation”
Classical Latin
Latin
exemptus
“Taken out, removed, or freed”
12th–13th Century
Old French
exempt
“Free from a duty, obligation, or jurisdiction”
15th Century
English
exempt
“Released from a rule, tax, or requirement”
Modern English
English
exempted
“Was or were freed from a specific obligation or requirement”