waives

Lets a right go

Waives is the third-person singular form of waive, meaning to voluntarily give up a right, claim, or privilege.

When someone waives something, they choose not to enforce or insist upon it: The bank waives the fee for customers with direct deposit.

Courts may allow parties to waive certain procedural requirements.

The word often appears in legal and formal contexts, where rights are explicitly relinquished rather than simply ignored.

relinquish

surrender

Cease resistance, yield

cede · yield · forgo · disclaim · release · sacrifice · abdicate · resign · dispense · remit

defer

postpone

Delay to later time

  • delayEnforced waiting period
  • suspendHalt or hang temporarily
  • tableHorizontal furniture surface

shelve · hold off · stay · moratorium · reprieve · deferment · continuance · abeyance · extension · grace period

Opposites
enforcement of rights/rules

waivesclaims

Statements of truth

asserts · enforces · demands · exercises · invokes

application of requirements

waivesimposes

Forces acceptance of

enforces · applies · requires · mandates · levies

Phrases
Family

waive, waiver, waiving, waived, waivers

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