Synonyms for waive
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1. waive

   Synonyms:
   contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disprove, dispute, gainsay, oppose, refute, repudiate, retract

   Antonyms:
   affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, avow, certify, claim, declare, depose, express, inform, maintain, predicate, pronounce, propound, protest, say, set forth, specify, state, swear, tell, testify

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1. waive

   Synonyms:
   forego, abandon, remit, cancel, drop, relinquish, castoff

   Antonyms:
   press, urge, enforce, assert, claim, vindicate

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1. waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense withverb

   do without or cease to hold or adhere to

   "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

   Synonyms:
   quit, foreswear, predate, antedate, spare, dispense with, part with, release, throw overboard, renounce, forego, give up, let go, let go of, resign, forgo, relinquish, forfeit, antecede, precede, free

2. forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, foregoverb

   lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

   "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

   Synonyms:
   spare, antedate, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, precede, release, give up, resign, forgo, kick, throw in, predate, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, throw overboard, dispense with, cede, stop, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, deep-six, drop out, free, antecede, drop by the wayside, forego, quit, foreswear

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1. waiveverb

   Synonyms:
   relinquish, renounce, give up, forego

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1. waiveverb

   Synonyms:
   relinquish, forego, surrender

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1. List of paraphrases for "waive":

   renounce, unapply, relinquish, forego, forgo, abandon, lift, derogate, suspend, cancel, abdicate, exempt, waiver, annul, cede, surrender

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How to use waive in a sentence?

1. Jaime Rodriguez:

   Our government is being completely open, but we can't waive their (taxes) for 20 years if they're going to put me in prison for allowing it.

2. Chief Executive Brian Molefe:

   Eskom's financial position does not allow us to waive penalties or renegotiate contracts simply because of the sake of rescuing a particular mine. We are not in the business of rescuing mines.

3. Brandon Bell/Getty Images:

   There are limits in terms of number of hours per year certain facilities can operate for environmental purposes, the Secretary of Energy or the EPA could waive some of those restrictions to allow for greater use of existing assets to meet these periods of shortfall. So, there is something right here you could do in summer of 2022 to help mitigate the situation a little, but there's a lot more investments [ that are ] going to have to [ be ] made in the long run.

4. Mark Meadows:

   The executive privilege that Donald Trump has claimed is his to waive— it's not mine to waive, is not Congress' to waive, and that's why we filed a lawsuit to hopefully get the courts to weigh in. Hopefully, they'll weigh in.

5. Michael Duff:

   It's never the law. It's somebody's idea of the way things would work. Even if you've signed a contract that says,' I understand I'm waiving my right to judicial relief.' Some states honor that, and there are other states in which you can not waive negligence that easily, you would literally have to go state by state to figure out : Is it really this easy to waive liability ?