| legal |
| 1. adj. Relating to the law or to lawyers. | |
| legal profession | |
| 2. adj. Having its basis in the law. | |
| legal precedent | |
| 3. adj. Being allowed or prescribed by law. | |
| legal motion | |
| 4. adj. (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age. | |
| 5. n. (informal) The legal department of a company. | |
| Legal wants this in writing. | |
| 6. n. (US, Canada) Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm). | |
| 7. n. A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc. | |
| exemption |
| 1. n. An act of exempting. | |
| 2. n. The state of being exempt; immunity. | |
| 3. n. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes. | |
| 4. n. Freedom from a defect or weakness. | |
| from |
| 1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
| This wine comes from France. | |
| I got a letter from my brother. | |
| 2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
| He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
| He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
| Face away from the wall! | |
| 3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
| 20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
| 4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
| An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
| He knows right from wrong. | |
| punishment |
| 1. n. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. | |
| 2. n. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. | |
| 3. n. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling | |
| a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment | |
