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Except (verb)
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
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Except (verb)
To take exception, to object (to or against).
“to except to a witness or his testimony”
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Except (preposition)
With the exception of; but.
“There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”
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Except (conjunction)
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
“You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair.”
“I never made fun of her except teasingly.”
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Except (conjunction)
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
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Exempt (adjective)
Free from a duty or obligation.
“In their country all women are exempt from military service.”
“His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.”
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Exempt (adjective)
Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
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Exempt (adjective)
Cut off; set apart.
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Exempt (adjective)
Extraordinary; exceptional.
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Exempt (noun)
One who has been released from something.
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Exempt (noun)
A type of French police officer.
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Exempt (noun)
One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
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Exempt (verb)
To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
“Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.”
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Except (preposition)
not including; other than
“they work every day except Sunday”
“I was naked except for my socks”
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Except (conjunction)
used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made
“I didn’t tell him anything, except that I needed the money”
“our berets were the same except mine was blue”
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Except (conjunction)
unless
“she never offered advice, except it were asked of her”
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Except (verb)
specify as excluded from a category or group
“five classes of advertisement are excepted from control”
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Exempt (adjective)
free from an obligation or liability imposed on others
“a tax-exempt savings plan”
“these patients are exempt from all charges”
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Exempt (verb)
free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others
“they were exempted from paying the tax”
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Exempt (noun)
a person who is exempt from something, especially the payment of tax.