Hyphenation of exempt

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word exempt? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ex-empt

Definitions of exempt:

1.	Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to She exempted me from the exam
2.	Grant exemption or release to Please excuse me from this class
3.	(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject A beauty somehow exempt from the aging process Exempt from jury duty Only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes
4.	(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation The funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable Income exempt from taxation

Synonyms of exempt:

adj	exempt, excused, immune, privileged
adj	nontaxable, duty-free, tax-exempt, tax-free, untaxed, unratable
verb	relieve, free
verb	excuse, relieve, let off, absolve, justify, free

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.