exempt vs except
Definitions
verb
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant exemption or release to
adjective
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
- (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
Examples
But the boy Mohammed being by me objurgated-for I remarked in him a jaunty demeanour combined with neglectfulness of ceremonies-saluted it sulkily, muttering the while hints about the holiness of his birthplace exempting him from the trouble of stooping.
But a family planning a wedding reception would be able to claim exemption from import duty.
Teachers or students so exempted may remain in the classroom and sit or stand respectfully while others participate in the ceremony.
Definitions
verb
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- take exception to
Examples
This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth.
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