waiving
Giving up rights
Waiving is giving up a right, claim, or requirement—letting it go rather than enforcing it.
Courts waive fees for those who can't pay.
Athletes sign contracts waiving liability for injuries.
By not objecting, you're waiving your right to appeal.
Not to be confused with waving, which involves moving the hand.
Voluntarily doing without
- surrenderingCeasing to resist
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
- cedingFormally surrendering territory or rights
yielding · foregoing · declining · dispensing · forfeiting · abandoning · sacrificing · conceding
Release from requirement
- immunityProtected from harm
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- releaseTo let go
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
stipulation · objection · motion · hearing · jurisdiction · rights · procedure · liability
Conveying information nonverbally
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
- motioningSignaling through movement
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
dismissing · waving off · brushing aside · hand signal · goodbye · farewell · send-off · acknowledgment
forgoing
Voluntarily doing without
- surrenderingCeasing to resist
- renouncingFormally abandoning a claim
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
ceding · yielding · foregoing · declining · dispensing · forfeiting · abandoning · sacrificing · conceding · releasing
exemption
Release from requirement
- immunityProtected from harm
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- releaseTo let go
forfeiture · stipulation · objection · motion · hearing · jurisdiction · rights · procedure · liability · consent
signaling
Conveying information nonverbally
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
- motioningSignaling through movement
gesturing · dismissing · waving off · brushing aside · hand signal · goodbye · farewell · send-off · acknowledgment · greeting
discount
Reduced price offered
courtesy · promotion · penalty · surcharge · deposit · deductible · tuition · dues · charges · fines
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
waivingclaiming
Declaring to be true
asserting · exercising · invoking · demanding · enforcing
waivingretaining
Holding onto still
keeping · preserving · holding · maintaining · safeguarding