exempted
adj.adj. free from a rule, duty, or payment that others must follow. If you are in this state, you do not have to do something that is usually required.
adj. granted immunity or release from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject. Often used predicatively after a linking verb.
Small businesses are often exempted from this specific tax.
Because he had already completed a similar course abroad, the university decided he was exempted from the introductory module.
The new environmental regulations apply to all major manufacturers, though certain historical sites remain exempted to preserve their structural integrity without the burden of modern retrofitting.
Typically follows the verb 'to be' or 'to feel'; frequently takes the preposition 'from'.
exempted of the rulesexempted from the rulesThe word requires the preposition 'from' to indicate the obligation being avoided.