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noun immunity from an obligation or duty
noun a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
noun an act exempting someone
originFrom Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt + -ion.
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