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English
Etymology
From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō.
Pronunciation
Noun
exemption (countable and uncountable, plural exemptions)
- An act of exempting.
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
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Derived terms
Translations
act of exempting
- Bulgarian: освобождаване (bg) n (osvoboždavane)
- Catalan: exempció f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 豁免 (zh) (huòmiǎn)
- Danish: fritagelse c, dispensation c, dispensation c, immunitet c
- Dutch: vrijstelling (nl), ontheffing (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: vapauttaminen (fi)
- French: exemption (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Befreiung (de) f, Freistellung (de) f, Ausnahme(regelung) f, Ausnahmebestimmung f
- Greek: απαλλαγή (el) f (apallagí)
- Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις f (áphesis)
- Hungarian: mentesítés (hu), mentesülés (hu), felmentés (hu)
- Irish: díolúine f, díolmhú m
- Italian: esenzione (it) f
- Khmer: ការលើកលែង (kaa ləək lɛɛng)
- Maori: kapenga, whakawāteatanga
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fritagelse m, dispensasjon m
- Nynorsk: dispensasjon m
- Persian: بخشودگی (fa) (baxšudegi), بخشایش (fa) (baxšāyeš)
- Polish: wykluczanie (pl) n
- Portuguese: isenção (pt)
- Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije), исключе́ние (ru) n (isključénije)
- Spanish: exención (es) f, eximición f (Andes)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: muafiyet (tr)
- Ukrainian: звільнення (zvilʹnennja)
- Vietnamese: sự miễn trừ
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state of being exempt; immunity
deduction from the normal amount of taxes
freedom from a defect or weakness
French
Pronunciation
Noun
exemption f (plural exemptions)
- exemption
- Synonym: dispense
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