Exempt
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.
Subject
Subject adjective - Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He is sorely tempted to abuse his station to covertly exempt Jennifer from the usual mutant control laws, but ultimately refuses, reasoning that if he expects other people to accept that their friends and family are subject to the law, he must do so himself, as well.
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Under Geneva Conventions, a captor nation is required to pay its POWs at a rate equal to its own men (enlisted men had to subject themselves to forced labor to be paid... although not working wasn't really an option; officers were exempt from working).
Source: Worthless Treasure Twist
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