免除|めんじょmenjo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbexemption; exoneration; discharge
    わたしは、彼女かのじょの残業ざんぎょうを免除めんじょしてやった。↗
    I exempted her from working overtime.
Conjugation
Dictionary form免除する(めんじょする)
Polite (masu)免除します(めんじょします)
Negative (nai)免除しない(めんじょしない)
polite (masen)免除しません(めんじょしません)
classical zu / nu免除せず・免除せぬ(めんじょせず・めんじょせぬ)
Past (ta)免除した(めんじょした)
polite (mashita)免除しました(めんじょしました)
Past negative (nakatta)免除しなかった(めんじょしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)免除しませんでした(めんじょしませんでした)
Te form免除して(めんじょして)
Potential免除できる(めんじょできる)
Passive免除される(めんじょされる)
Causative免除させる(めんじょさせる)
Causative passive免除させられる(めんじょさせられる)
Conditional (ba)免除すれば(めんじょすれば)
tara免除したら(めんじょしたら)
Volitional免除しよう(めんじょしよう)
polite (mashou)免除しましょう(めんじょしましょう)
Imperative免除しろ(めんじょしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym放免ほうめんWrittenFormal word for releasing suspects found innocent or inmates who have served their sentences; 「免除」 is about waiving obligations or fees.
  • Related免責特権めんせきとっけんWrittenFormal legal term for the immunity diplomats and the like enjoy from the host country's laws; 「免除」 broadly covers waiving obligations or fees.
  • Related課税控除かぜいこうじょWrittenFormal tax term for exemptions and deductions from taxes owed; 「免除」 is broader, covering obligations and fees of all kinds.
  • Antonym課税かぜいWrittenFormal antonym: imposing taxes, making payment obligatory — the reverse of 「免除」 removing a tax burden.
  • Antonym賦課ふかWrittenFormal antonym: levying taxes or charges on someone; the reverse of 「免除」, which removes them.
  • Antonym義務化ぎむかWrittenFormal antonym: making something compulsory; the reverse of 「免除」 doing away with an obligation.

Use 「免除」 to waive obligations, fees, or responsibilities, as in 「学費免除」 and 「兵役免除」. For diplomatic immunity say 「免責特権」; for release from custody 「放免」; for taxation 「課税」; for making something compulsory 「義務化」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 義務ぎむを取り除とりのぞき、免まぬがれさせること。
  2. 上記じょうきに相当そうとうする法律ほうりつ行為こうい、行政ぎょうせい行為こういのこと。
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