Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Exemption has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
"additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"
an act exempting someone
"he was granted immunity from prosecution"
An act of exempting.
"The manager granted an exemption from the strict dress code for the staff attending the funeral."
The word exemption comes from the Old French term exemption, which was borrowed from Latin. It originally meant "the act of taking out or removing," derived from a verb meaning to take away completely.