What does exemption mean?
Word: Exemption
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Exemption means permission not to follow a rule, do a duty or pay a charge that others must, such as an exemption from a fee.
Synonyms: release, exception, immunity
Antonyms: obligation, liability
How do you spell exemption?
Syllables: ex - emp - tion
Tricky part: The p is barely heard when the word is said, so students write exemtion.
Watch out for: exemtion, exemsion, exumption
Memory tip: P for permission: an exemption is permission not to do something, so do not let its quiet p go missing.
Exemption in a sentence
Example 1: The new library building has an exemption from property tax.
Example 2: My cousin applied for an exemption from the late fee.
Example 3: Students on the state team got an exemption from the unit test held during the tournament.
Fun Fact
Under India's Income Tax Act, income earned from farming is exempt from central income tax.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the suffix shown to form a noun. Choose it:
-ion
a) tempt
b) prompt
c) exempt
d) attempt
Show answer
c) exempt. Exempt + ion gives exemption, but attempt stays attempt as a noun, and prompt and tempt form promptness and temptation.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The factory received an mitopenex from the new tax for two years.
a) expedition
b) exemption
c) exertion
d) exception
Show answer
b) exemption. Only exemption has the m and p found in the jumble, and a factory can be freed from a tax.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
ex_mpt_on
a) a, i
b) i, i
c) e, i
d) e, a
Show answer
c) e, i. The vowel after x is e, as in exempt; the second gap takes i.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. signature 2. exempsion 3. application 4. certificate
a) your name written in your own special way
b) permission not to follow a rule or pay a charge that others must
c) a formal written request
d) an official paper that proves something
Show answer
b) permission not to follow a rule or pay a charge that others must. Exemption comes from exempt, so the t stays; exempsion is the misspelt word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these students is most likely to get an exemption from the swimming test?
a) one who forgot her swimming cap at home
b) one who would rather go running instead
c) one who arrived late to school that day
d) one with a doctor's note about an ear infection
Show answer
d) one with a doctor's note about an ear infection
2. Which of these counts as an exemption?
a) paying the fee a week late with a fine
b) paying a higher fee for a hostel room
c) being let off the fee because of a scholarship
d) paying the fee in two parts
Show answer
c) being let off the fee because of a scholarship
