as in denied
to officially say that you will not use or require something that you are allowed to have or that is usually required
She waived her right to a lawyer. The university waives the application fee for low-income students.
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Recent Examples of waived
The Washington Post reported that the FCC waived a cap that barred station owners from expanding to reach more than 39% of American households.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Low-income individuals may qualify for reduced or waived fees.
—Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Officials waived fees for adoptions and moved animals to other rescues.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Wagner's arrest Wagner was arrested on March 17 in Greenville, North Carolina, and has since waived extradition to Michigan.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
One of the accusers, Ruari Cannon, who has waived his right to anonymity, also settled with the Old Vic theater over Spacey claims two weeks ago.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The accuser, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and was one of 10 participants in the 2024 Channel 4 doc Spacey Unmasked.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
Instead, in signing those documents, Marie and her colleagues had inadvertently waived their right to transfer to still-operational parts of the factory.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 17 Mar. 2026
Baribo had a goal waived off in the 43rd minute after Hopkins was caught offside.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Low-income individuals may qualify for reduced or waived fees.
—Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Officials waived fees for adoptions and moved animals to other rescues.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Wagner's arrest Wagner was arrested on March 17 in Greenville, North Carolina, and has since waived extradition to Michigan.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
One of the accusers, Ruari Cannon, who has waived his right to anonymity, also settled with the Old Vic theater over Spacey claims two weeks ago.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The accuser, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and was one of 10 participants in the 2024 Channel 4 doc Spacey Unmasked.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
Instead, in signing those documents, Marie and her colleagues had inadvertently waived their right to transfer to still-operational parts of the factory.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 17 Mar. 2026
Baribo had a goal waived off in the 43rd minute after Hopkins was caught offside.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waived
Verb
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The drones must use GPS but also function when signals are denied.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Takaichi and her ministers have denied that Washington officially requested Japanese warships sent to the Strait of Hormuz.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Microsoft relinquished its right to be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, but retained a clause that requires all of OpenAI’s API calls, or calls to access its AI models, to be routed through Azure, the reporting noted.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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After Herzog relinquished the podium, several other speakers riffed on these themes.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Waived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waived. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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