as in immunity
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
those motorists who think that they can flout the town's parking regulations with exemption
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Recent Examples of exemption
Anyone who moves to Florida after that date and purchases a homestead property would have to wait five years before becoming eligible for the higher exemption.
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Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 15 June 2026
But officials declined to provide more detail about the assignment, citing Ohio public records exemptions.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Anthropic had been seeking exemptions from having its models used for autonomous weapons systems or mass domestic surveillance.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 June 2026
The state’s corporate income and business personal property taxes, both honeycombed with exemptions, hardly apply to the new service economy; the same is largely true of the state sales tax.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026
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Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 15 June 2026
But officials declined to provide more detail about the assignment, citing Ohio public records exemptions.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Anthropic had been seeking exemptions from having its models used for autonomous weapons systems or mass domestic surveillance.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 June 2026
The state’s corporate income and business personal property taxes, both honeycombed with exemptions, hardly apply to the new service economy; the same is largely true of the state sales tax.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemption
Noun
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Their immunities are due to political fears, not to disinterested assessments of burdens or benefits.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
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That contradiction has kept public attention on the slush fund and away from the immunity agreement, the second agreement Blanche signed and said will remain in place.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The Supreme Court decided in 2014 that inherited IRAs do not qualify as retirement funds for purposes of federal bankruptcy protection, as beneficiaries cannot make new contributions and are often required to take distributions from the account.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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But Larsen said shipping lines also need clarity on matters such as keeping ships a safe distance from each other and naval protection.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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“Exemption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exemption. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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