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🛡️ Not giving up rights 📄 A rights statement
nonwaiver

nonwaiver

1 8.6
Not giving up a legal right
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈweɪvər/
  • Formal
: no renuncia
  • The lawyer explained that the nonwaiver provision protected their interests during negotiations.

Examples

  • The contract included a nonwaiver clause to ensure the company retained its rights.

  • A nonwaiver agreement was signed so that neither party would lose any legal claims.

  • This is a nonwaiver clause.

  • The nonwaiver rule applies here.

  • The contract included a nonwaiver clause to ensure the company retained its rights.

  • A nonwaiver agreement was signed so that neither party would lose any legal claims.

  • The lawyer explained that the nonwaiver provision protected their interests during negotiations.

Synonyms

unwaivable
vsnonwaiver
  • Formal
1 9.3

Cannot be given up or taken away by agreement

expresses a decision to keep a right rather than give it up

Antonyms

waiver
  • Formal
106 6.0

A signed paper that lets someone give up a right or claim

Surface Forms

nonwaiver positive

Morphology

nonwaiver = waiver (transparent) = non + waiver

The prefix 'non-' simply negates the noun 'waiver', so the meaning 'not a waiver / rights are preserved' is compositionally predictable.

Etymology

Nonwaiver combines the prefix non- meaning 'not' with waiver, from waive meaning 'to give up'. So a nonwaiver clause is 'not giving up' your legal rights and is used to keep a party's rights safe.