opt-outs
Decisions to abstain
Opt-outs are provisions, actions, or people that decline participation in something otherwise automatic or expected.
An opt-out clause lets you withdraw from an agreement.
Privacy opt-outs let users refuse data collection.
Someone who opts out of a system becomes an opt-out: The vaccine program had few opt-outs.
The hyphenated noun contrasts with the verb phrase opt out.
Formal surrender of rights
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- immunityProtected from harm
- exceptionDeviation from standard
grandfathering · loophole · release · reprieve · moratorium · special-case · bypass · workaround
Decrease or refuse
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- non-participationChoosing to stay uninvolved
- unsubscribeWithdraw from mailings
abstention · noncompliance · disengagement · rebuff · pass · skip · stand-down · walkaway
Favored choice among alternatives
- decisionSettled course of action
- selectionChosen item or items
- alternativeAnother available choice
- voluntaryDone by choice
discretion · self-determination · agency · autonomy · elective
Withdraw from mailings
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- immunityProtected from harm
exception · grandfathering · loophole · release · reprieve · moratorium · special-case · bypass · workaround
decline
Decrease or refuse
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- non-participationChoosing to stay uninvolved
unsubscribe · abstention · noncompliance · disengagement · rebuff · pass · skip · stand-down · walkaway · pullout
preference
Favored choice among alternatives
- decisionSettled course of action
- selectionChosen item or items
- alternativeAnother available choice
voluntary · discretion · self-determination · agency · autonomy · elective
unsubscribe
Withdraw from mailings
- EUEuropean Commission, European Union, Austria, European Parliament, Belgium
- inactive status
- nonmembersoutsiders, strangers, foreigners, aliens, excluded
- EuroscepticismBrexit, Euroscepticism, euroskeptic, UKIP, Brexiteer
opt-outsopt-ins
Voluntary participation agreements
sign-ups · enrollments · subscriptions · registrations · buy-ins
out, option, optional, opt, optimal, optimum, optic, optimize, optician