as in denying
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 waiving
McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
In 2014, state health officials passed a rule that any parent waiving vaccines for nonmedical reasons must receive education about vaccines from their local health department.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The stretch provision allows for a team to create salary-cap relief by waiving a player and stretching his remaining salary on the salary cap twice the number of years remaining on the player’s contract plus one year.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The Bucks blindsided everyone by waiving and stretching Lillard’s contract to open up cap space, then swooping in and signing Turner.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The #Saints are waiving QB Jake Haener, sources tell The Insiders.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The Chiefs and other NFL teams are waiving players this week ahead of the league-wide deadline for getting rosters down to the regular-season limit of 53 men.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Bartholomew, Evans and Thornton remain following Reid’s waiving.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Within his first few months in office, in March 2024, Landry signed Act 10, which prohibits district attorneys from waiving the two-year deadline for prisoners to challenge their convictions through post-conviction relief.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025
Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
In 2014, state health officials passed a rule that any parent waiving vaccines for nonmedical reasons must receive education about vaccines from their local health department.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The stretch provision allows for a team to create salary-cap relief by waiving a player and stretching his remaining salary on the salary cap twice the number of years remaining on the player’s contract plus one year.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The Bucks blindsided everyone by waiving and stretching Lillard’s contract to open up cap space, then swooping in and signing Turner.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The #Saints are waiving QB Jake Haener, sources tell The Insiders.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The Chiefs and other NFL teams are waiving players this week ahead of the league-wide deadline for getting rosters down to the regular-season limit of 53 men.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Bartholomew, Evans and Thornton remain following Reid’s waiving.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Within his first few months in office, in March 2024, Landry signed Act 10, which prohibits district attorneys from waiving the two-year deadline for prisoners to challenge their convictions through post-conviction relief.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiving
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That’s until their cover in California Schemin’ as rapping imposters was blown and the emotional strain of denying their Scottishness and their fractured friendship revealed itself.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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At the time, a source told PEOPLE that Teefey and Gomez, Wondermind's chief impact officer, both stepped in to take action for their employees, while denying that Teefey took out a loan to pay salaries.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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His mother would soon pass, and Agee hadn’t had the opportunity to find a new place to live after relinquishing his apartment pre-Suicide Squad.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
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While a strong federal government may be central to the Democratic Party's identity, maintaining that objective likely requires relinquishing control from the capital and encouraging state politicos to explore new ways to achieve success.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Waiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiving. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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