exempt

What it means

1. not comparableFree from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

   His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.

   3 more examples

   In their country all women are exempt from military service.

   Students were exempt from service in the armed forces.

   Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]

   1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, Act I, page 15

2. not comparableNot entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
3. not comparableobsoleteCut off; set apart.

   corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry

   1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]

In a sentence

In their country all women are exempt from military service.

Where it comes from

1. Latinexemptus
2. Middle Frenchexempt
3. Englishexempt

From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.