English → Latin
“exempt” in Latin
immūnisfree or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative); giftless, without presentslīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)
The English word exempt itself goes back to Latin ex, through exemptus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exempt adj.
immunis (free from state burdens, from military service, and the like): liber (free from public services, socage, etc.; opposed to servus): immunis liberque (both of persons and possessions): omnibus muneribus vacans (free from every service): immunis militia, militiae munere vacans (free from military service): to be exempt, immunem esse (general term): militiae munere vacare, militiae vacationem habere (from military service): not exempt from, non sine (aliqua re).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exempt?
- The usual Latin words for “exempt” are immūnis, līber. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.