The state or quality of being independent, Archaic Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence, The state of being independent; exemption from dependence upon another or others, or from another's control; self-support or self-government, That which renders one independent; property or income sufficient to make one independent of others; a competency

A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event, A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day, A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university, verb_ To take a period of time away from work or study, spend or take a vacation, intransitive verb_ To pass a holiday or vacation, adjective_ Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay, Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion

An exception to the ordinary operation of law, as, A deduction from the normal amount of taxes, a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc)

(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation, (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as eg taxes) to which others or other things are subject, Free from a duty or obligation, noun_ One who is exempted from an obligation, duty, or liability, One who is exempted or freed from duty; one dispensed from or not subject to service, especially military or other obligatory public service, transitive verb_ Obsolete To set apart; isolate, To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject, verb_ grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to, grant exemption or release to