Exempt
Exempt verb - Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.
Grandfather and exempt are semantically related. (North American) In some cases you can use "Grandfather" instead a verb "Exempt". informal substitute
Grandfather
Grandfather noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.
Exempt and grandfather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exempt" instead a verb "Grandfather".
Common collocations
| lives | exempt lives | grandfather lives |
Both words in one sentence
- These included but were not limited to poll taxes, literacy tests, and having to guess how many items were in a full jar — but you were exempt from these tests if your grandfather had been eligible to vote, which mean all white males were in and black males were out.
Source: Won the War, Lost the Peace
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