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Exempt

Cut off; set apart.

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Similar meaning 6

Excused 84% connected

of Excuse

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Excused 84% connected

of Excuse

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Immune 84% connected

Exempt; protected by inoculation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immune 84% connected

Exempt; protected by inoculation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Privileged 84% connected

of Privilege

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Privileged 84% connected

of Privilege

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Absolve 76% connected

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Dispense 76% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forgive 76% connected

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Frank 76% connected

A pigsty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spare 76% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Exemption 74% connected

The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exemption 74% connected

The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Excuse 92% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relieve 92% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Implement 94% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Implement 94% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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