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"to exempt" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, but generally means to free or excuse someone or something from a duty, obligation, or liability. Example: The new policy states that all employees are required to work on weekends, with the exception of those who are exempt due to medical reasons. Here, "exempt" is used as an adjective to describe the employees who are excluded from the weekend work requirement. Another example: The government announced a new tax law that will exempt small businesses from paying certain taxes. In this sentence, "exempt" is used as a verb to show that the small businesses will not be required to pay the specified taxes.
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to exempt
adjective
Free from a duty or obligation.
synonyms
Exact(59)
Republicans had wanted to exempt military spending.
ANC policy was to exempt the elderly and the sickly.
Under pressure, the bill was amended to exempt papaya.
In 2002, voters rejected a statewide referendum to exempt prosecutors.
There is no reason to exempt women from the draft.
Any attempt to exempt intelligence from legal scrutiny is an attempt to exempt the security services from the rule of law".
Mr. Karzai agreed to exempt foreign governments at embassies, other diplomatic outposts and military facilities.
The many lawyers in Congress recently decided to exempt their profession from value-added tax.
Each estate is permitted to exempt $1.3 million of gains from this carry-over basis rule.
This seems largely to exempt online-only retailers such as Amazon from tax collection.
They are also under pressure to exempt casinos from Illinois's ban on smoking in public places.
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