Amenable and Exempt

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Amenable adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.

Usage example: even our nation's highest leaders must remain amenable to the law

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Exempt is an antonym for amenable.

Nearby Words: amenability, amenably

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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Amenable is an antonym for exempt.

Nearby Words: exemption, exempting, exempted

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