opt out

verb

1. to choose not to be involved (in) or part (of)

noun

1. the act of opting out, esp of local-authority administration

   opt-outs by hospitals and schools

Idioms and Phrases

Choose not to participate, as in Our school opted out of the state competition. [Slang; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

Crucially, workers could opt out of the annuity default, although we believe that few would.

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Users under 18 won’t be able to opt out without parental permission and parents will be able to place stricter restrictions on those accounts, the company said.

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Everyone in Scotland became an automatic organ donor from 2021 under new laws, unless they opt out.

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Actors would be included in Sora 2 unless they opted out, the people said.

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At first, it said it would ask copyright holders to opt out, as my colleagues reported; now, it’s saying it will give those owners more control over their intellectual property.

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Related Words

• pull out 
• quit 
• withdraw