If someone or something is exempt from a particular rule, duty, or obligation, they do not have to follow it or do it.
Men in college were exempt from military service.
在校男大学生免服兵役。
Any income or capital gain received is exempt from tax.
任何收入或资本收益均免税。
exempts , exempting , exempted
To exempt a person or thing from a particular rule, duty, or obligation means to state officially that they are not bound or affected by it.
South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law.
南卡罗来纳州宣称有权使其公民免除遵守联邦法律的义务。