Antonyms for waive
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1. waive

   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

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

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1. waive

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

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

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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, forego, surrender

How to use waive in a sentence?

1. Cheryl Fish-Parcham:

   People who have insurance that they either bought themselves or that they're getting through an employer that is state regulated. In that case, some states have required that those insurers waive cost sharing for Covid-related treatment.

2. 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.

3. Brett Schaefer:

   What needs to happen is the State Department needs to be far more aggressive and assertive in these instances. They either need to take the person back or waive diplomatic immunity, our State Department has a history of being very accommodating; that is, unfortunately, a historical reality.

4. 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.

5. Bernard Moore:

   I believe this election is forcing me to choose between two unconstitutional methods of execution, and I do not intend to waive any challenges to electrocution or firing squad by making an election.

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