exempt

动词 exempt:

1. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
   同义词：relieve, free
2. grant exemption or release to
   同义词：excuse, relieve, let off

形容词 exempt:

1. (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
2. (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
   同义词：nontaxable

1. He was exempt from charges by virtue of his youth/of being so young/of the fact that he was so young.
   他因年幼而获得免费。
2. He is exempt from military service.
   他免服兵役。
3. These houses are exempt from paying rates.
   这些房子是免付捐税的。
4. Poor eyesight will exempt you from military service.
   视力不佳将使你免服兵役。

ex.empt

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.empt.ed,ex.empt.ing,ex.empts
To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject:
免除，豁免：免除他人应尽的责任或义务：
例句：
exempting the disabled from military service.
免除残疾人的兵役

Obsolete To set apart; isolate.
【废语】 把…分开；使隔绝
adj.（形容词）
Freed from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject; excused:
被豁免的：不承担责任或义务的；不受支配的：
例句：
persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process.
免去陪审团义务的人；免税的收入；永恒之美

Obsolete Set apart; isolated.
【废语】 把…分开；使隔绝
n.（名词）
One who is exempted from an obligation, a duty, or a liability.
被免除义务者：被免除责任、任务或义务者

来源：
Middle English exempten
中古英语 exempten
from Old French exempter
源自 古法语 exempter
from exempt [exempt]
源自 exempt [免除]
from Latin exemptus [past participle of] eximere [to take out] * see example
源自 拉丁语 exemptus [] eximere的过去分词 [拿出] *参见 example

【引伸】
exempt.ible
adj.（形容词）