Exempt and Liable to

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Exempt adjective - (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject.

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Liable to is an antonym for exempt.

Nearby Words: exemption, exempting, exempted

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Exempt is an antonym for liable to.

However, they are not exempt from the four basic requirements at the top of this subheading and most classic resistance movements deliberately avoid using uniforms or identifying symbols, thus forfeiting their protection and leaving them liable to be shot as spies or saboteurs.

Source: Useful Notes / The Laws and Customs of War

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