免除 Traditional form: 免除 Pinyin (reading): miǎnchú Definitions: to prevent to avoid to excuse to exempt to relieve (of a debt) to remit Characters: 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out Traditional characters: 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out