此类释义最好用英英字典来看较好：
adj. [not before noun] ~ (from sth) if sb/sth is exempt from sth, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc.:
The interest on the money is exempt from tax.
Some students are exempt from certain exams.
Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.
verb [vn] ~ sb/sth (from sth) (formal) to give or get sb’s official permission not to do sth or not to pay sth they would normally have to do or pay:
His bad eyesight exempted him from military service.
In 1983, charities were exempted from paying the tax.