exempt (v.) Copy link Outline 1. lĕvo, 1 (to relieve of a burden2. lībĕro, 1 (to set free3. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (not to include)4. exĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to take out of the case of5. expr. by immūnis, immūnĭtas, and a verb • exempt (v.): 1. lĕvo, 1 (to relieve of a burden: with acc. and abl.): he e.'d the domain land from paying a tax, agrum publicum vectigali levavit, Cic.: v. to relieve. 2. lībĕro, 1 (to set free: same constr.): v. to free. 3. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (not to include): Cic.: v. to except. 4. exĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to take out of the case of: foll. by acc., and abl. with prep. or dat.): Q. Fabius is not e.'d from punishment, non noxae eximitur Q. Fabius, Liv. 8, 35, med.: but Cic. prefers ex with abl. (N.B.--De vectigalibus eximi, in Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101, is to be taken from the national exchequer, not to be e.'d from taxation, as in R. and A.) 5. expr. by immūnis, immūnĭtas, and a verb: to e. (a people) from every burden, ab omni onere immunes praestare, Suet. Cl. 25, med.: he wishes you kindly to e. the lands which pay rents from doing so, agros fructuarios vult tuo beneficio immunes esse, Cic. Fam. 8, 9, fin.: to e. a state from burdens, (civitati) immunitatem tribuere, Tac. A. 12, 61; simly, immunitates dare (absol.), Cic. Fam. 12, 1 (im. tribuere implies the concession of a reasonable claim; im. dare, donare, a grant of favour: cf. Suet. Gal. 15): see also exempt (adj.), exemption. Phr.: he e.'d the Ilians from tribute for ever, Iliensibus tributa in perpetuum remisit, Suet. Cl. 25, med.