免除

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 免除, read めんじょ, denotes releasing someone from a required payment or duty.
• Basic usage: In 成績の条件を満たせば、授業料が免除される。, tuition is waived if the academic conditions are met.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Exemption and postponement
  • 免除 removes a specified burden, while 延期 moves its time to a later date. A tuition waiver differs from merely delaying payment.
• What is waived
  • In 授業料が免除される, tuition is the waived obligation. The exercise example speaks from the viewpoint of the person excused from strenuous exercise.