Nearby Words
waiver [wey-ver] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
waiver [wey-ver]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: giving up; letting go
Synonyms: abandonment, abdication, disclaimer, foregoing, postponement, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, remission, renunciation, reservation, resignation, setting aside, surrender, tabling
Notes: waver is a verb meaning to vacillate or be indecisive; a waiver is a relinquishment of a claim, privilege, or right
Antonyms: accept, claim, face
Main Entry: renunciation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abandonment, rejection
Synonyms: abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding
Antonyms: allowance, approval, condonement
Main Entry: abandonment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abdication
Synonyms: quitclaim, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, surrender, waiver
Example Sentences
  • Darden said the waiver would allow it to offer employees access to affordable coverage as the health care law is started.
  • The federal government already has considerable experience with waiver programs.
  • It will then be politically hard to grant it a waiver.
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Main Entry: quitclaim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abdication
Synonyms: abandonment, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, demission, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding
Main Entry: relinquishment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abdication
Synonyms: abandonment, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, demission, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, quitclaim, rebuff, remission, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding
Related Words
Main Entry: abandonment
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
abrogated, cast off, derelict, disbanded, disused, green, jaculative, left, non-observant, premorse, relinquished, relinquishing, restoring, unaccustomed, unappropriated, unculled, unhabituated, unhackneyed, uninured, unowned, unpursued, unseasoned, untrained, unused, unusual, unwonted
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Relinquishment.
Category: 1. Property in general
Synonyms:
-nouns
relinquishment, abandonment (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; resignation; riddance., derelict; foundling; jetsam, waif.
-verbs
relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf (disuse) [more]; set aside, put aside; make away with, cast behind; maroon., give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject., rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of; wash one's hands of., discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison., quit one's hold.
-adjectives
relinquished; cast off, derelict; unowned, unappropriated, unculled; left (residuary).
Antonyms: retention
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