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Waiver

The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

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Exemption 76% connected

The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, e…

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Immunity 76% connected

Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of t…

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Relinquishing 76% connected

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Relinquishment 76% connected

The act of relinquishing.

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Resign 74% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resign 74% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

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Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Contract noun · 78% connection

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Force majeure noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Illegality noun · 78% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Vis major noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waiving, insisting, some, right, claim.
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Abandonment noun · 78% connection

The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.

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Assert verb · 78% connection

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and lib…

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Assignee verb · 78% connection

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some…

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Claim noun · 78% connection

A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anythi…

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Counterclaim noun · 78% connection

A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

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Demand verb · 78% connection

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently o…

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Dispauper verb · 78% connection

To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waiving, insisting, some, right, claim.
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Disqualify verb · 78% connection

To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disq…

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Enfranchisement noun · 78% connection

a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vot…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waiving, insisting, some, right, claim.
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Evict verb · 78% connection

To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

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Exclusionist noun · 78% connection

One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II.

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waiving, insisting, some, right, claim.
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Forfeiture noun · 78% connection

The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition…

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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: waiving, insisting, some, right, claim.
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Inhabitancy noun · 78% connection

The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of povert…

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Insistence noun · 78% connection

The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

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