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waive

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waive
verb
1 an individual can waive his right to a hearing:
relinquish, renounce, give up, abandon, reject, surrender, yield, cede, do without, dispense with, set/put aside, abdicate, abjure, sacrifice, refuse, turn down, spurn, sign away.
antonyms claim; pursue.
2 the manager waived the rules and let us in:
disregard, ignore, overlook, set aside, forgo, drop, omit, cast aside, brush aside.
antonyms uphold; follow.