Exept vs Exempt - What's the difference?
exept | exempt |
* {{quote-book, year=1474, author=Caxton, title=Game and Playe of the Chesse, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Than by the force and strengthe of men/ For men see alle daye that suche thynges as may not be achieuyd by force of nature/ ben goten and achieuyd by force of money/ And for so moche hit behoueth to see well to that whan the tyme of the bataylle cometh/ that he borowe not ne make no tayllage/ For noman may be ryche that leuyth his owne/ hopyng to gete and take of other/ Than all waye all her gayn and wynnynge ought to be comyn amonge them exept theyr Armes. }}
Free from a duty or obligation.
* Dryden
(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
(obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
One who has been released from something.
(historical) A type of French police officer.
* 1840 , (William Makepeace Thackeray), ‘Cartouche’, The Paris Sketch Book :
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
As a preposition exept
is obsolete spelling of lang=en.As an adjective exempt is
free from a duty or obligation.As a noun exempt is
one who has been released from something.As a verb exempt is
to grant (someone) freedom or immunity {{term|from}}.exept
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)citation
exempt
English
Adjective
(-)- In their country all women are exempt from military service.
- His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
- 'Tis laid on all, not any one exempt .
- corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
- (Chapman)
Derived terms
* tax-exemptNoun
(en noun)- with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].