Synonyms: excuse, exempt, relieve, let off
Definition: grant exemption or release to
Usage: Please excuse me from this class
Similar words: free, justify, absolve
Definition: let off the hook
Usage: I absolve you from this responsibility
Synonyms: exempt
Definition: (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
Usage: a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process; exempt from jury duty; only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes
Similar words: excused
Definition: granted exemption
Usage: one of the excused jurors planned to write a book
Similar words: immune
Definition: secure against
Usage: immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda; immune from criminal prosecution
Similar words: privileged
Definition: not subject to usual rules or penalties
Usage: a privileged statement
Synonyms: nontaxable, exempt
Definition: (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
Usage: the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable; income exempt from taxation
Similar words: duty-free
Definition: exempt from duty
Usage: duty-free liquor
Similar words: untaxed, tax-exempt, tax-free
Definition: (of goods or funds) not taxed
Usage: tax-exempt bonds; an untaxed expense account
Similar words: unratable
Definition: not subject to locally assessed property taxes
Usage: unratable properties