EXEMPT, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim [law], remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off [colloq.], pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve (forgive) [See Forgiveness]; exonerate (exculpate) [See Acquittal]; save the necessity.
be exempt &c. adj.
ADJECTIVE:
EXEMPT, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free; released &c. v.; unbound, unencumbered; irresponsible, not responsible, unaccountable, not answerable; excusable.
QUOTATIONS:
Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis.—Syrus
The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing.—Shakespeare
