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
What To Know Beginning November 1, the state will eliminate income eligibility requirements for its child care assistance program and continue waiving family co-payments.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The 49ers are signing Eddy Piñeiro after waiving Moody, a 2023 third-round pick who had 2-of-3 field-goal attempts go awry in Sunday’s 17-13 season-opening win at Seattle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury.
—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 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
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The 49ers are signing Eddy Piñeiro after waiving Moody, a 2023 third-round pick who had 2-of-3 field-goal attempts go awry in Sunday’s 17-13 season-opening win at Seattle.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury.
—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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiving
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Could a fraud detection system recognize that a customer is on vacation before mistakenly denying their international transactions?—
Ed Macosky,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Initially denying any drug use, Estrada later admitted to smoking a vape pen and voluntarily handed it over to investigators.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Few believe Kim would countenance relinquishing his nuclear deterrence, given the fates of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, both toppled after abandoning their weapons programs.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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The cost of obtaining them will very quickly amount to billions of dollars, which could force Musk to pay by relinquishing shares.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Waiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiving. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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