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Another word for waive

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waive

v.

forgo, abandon, relinquish, give up, surrender, disclaim, sign away, set aside, put aside, dismiss, reject, ignore, dispense with, suspend, disregard, postpone, reserve, defer, shelve, table.

waive suggests a voluntary giving up by refraining from insisting on one's right or claim to something to waive a jury trial; relinquish implies a giving up of something desirable and connotes compulsion or the force of necessity we will not relinquish our advantage; abandon, in this connection, implies a complete and final relinquishment, as because of weariness, discouragement, etc. do not abandon hope; forgo implies the denial to oneself of something, as for reasons of expediency or altruism I must forgo the pleasure of your company this evening

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Another word for waive

verb

To give up a possession, claim, or right:
abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, yield. See keep
To put off until a later time:
adjourn, defer¹, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay¹, suspend, table. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do

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Not only does the organization handle the day-to-day contact with the creditors (hopefully ending those unpleasant phone calls), but by engaging in a DMP they often waive some or even all extra fees and charges for your pre-DMP mess.
Negotiating late payments with mortgage lenders involves making a deal with the lender where they either agree to not charge you a late fee, or where they waive the late fee they have already charged you.
The arbitrator will not award attorney's fees, or punitive, incidental, consequential, treble or other multiple or exemplary damages, and the parties hereby agree to waive and not seek such damages.
We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
The clothing store will only waive their return policy in extreme cases.

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