EXEMPT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

exempt

adjective

as in protected

not subject to something to which others are required They were exempt from jury duty because of their jobs as firefighters.

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Recent Examples of exempt Now, new bills are moving through the House and Senate which state that if officers are the victim of assault or threatened while on the job, their identity would be confidential for 72 hours afterward and exempt from disclosures in public records for 60 days. —

Gabriel Velasquez Neira, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026 This excludes those who are exempt from fasting or not observing the holiday. —

Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Employers who couldn’t compete to hire workers with wages started using health benefits, which were exempt from the controls, as a workaround. —

Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026 The core principle involves applying a type of 8-30g approach to affordable housing proposals on land alongside churches, temples or mosques, largely making the religious institution and its development partner exempt from local zoning rules. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exempt

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Adjective

The 1993 case did not consider political expression as a protected class.

— Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
In addition to the anxiety over Monday's ruling, Petit said, Haitians under protected status were living amid an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in areas with large Haitian communities in South Florida.

— Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026