免責

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 免責(めんせき) is a noun for exemption from responsibility or for clearing someone of responsibility after review.
• Basic usage: It describes a contractual condition in 免責条件 and a judgment about a person in 担当者を免責する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Condition and judgment
  • Context distinguishes a contract's liability exemption from a decision that a particular person bears no responsibility.
• Object particle
  • In the verb form, mark the person being cleared with を, as in 担当者を免責する.