One who has been released from something.
"The injured soldier was exempt from further duty due to his injury."
In plain English: An exempt person is someone who has been officially allowed to skip doing something that everyone else must do.
"The tax-exempt status allows many non-profit organizations to save money on their annual filings."
To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
"The judge granted him exemption from jury duty due to his advanced age."
In plain English: To exempt someone means to officially let them out of doing something that everyone else has to do.
"The judge decided to exempt him from jury duty due to his age."
(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
"a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"
"exempt from jury duty"
"only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
"the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"
"income exempt from taxation"
Free from a duty or obligation.
"The veteran was exempt from jury duty due to his service record."
In plain English: Exempt means being allowed to do something that other people have to do, usually because of an official rule or special permission.
"The exempt workers do not have to attend the mandatory meeting today."
Usage: Use exempt as an adjective to describe someone free from a specific duty, such as taxes or jury service, rather than using it for general exclusion. Remember that while the verb form requires "from" when followed by what is being avoided (e.g., exempt from work), the noun form often appears in phrases like "the exempt."
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.