"opt out" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opt in"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "opt",
        "3": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "opt + out",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "opt + out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "opts out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "opt out (third-person singular simple present opts out, present participle opting out, simple past and past participle opted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, “A Drone Opting Out of the Hive”, performed by Code Orange",
          "text": "But it's of no consequence\nThere's nothing you can say that is relevant\nYou can take my life, but I'll live again\nA thousand deaths that I have left to give\nA thousand deaths that I have left\n'Cause I am the drone\nOpting out of the hive",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose not to participate in something."
      ],
      "id": "en-opt_out-en-verb-txKkVrOK",
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "participate",
          "participate"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "opt-out"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "jättää väliin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "jättäytyä pois"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "se désengager"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "ablehnen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ustranjatʹsja",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "устраняться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkazátʹsja",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "отказа́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
          "word": "pòvūći se"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opt out"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opt in"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "opt",
        "3": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "opt + out",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "opt + out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "opts out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "opt out (third-person singular simple present opts out, present participle opting out, simple past and past participle opted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "opt-out"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, “A Drone Opting Out of the Hive”, performed by Code Orange",
          "text": "But it's of no consequence\nThere's nothing you can say that is relevant\nYou can take my life, but I'll live again\nA thousand deaths that I have left to give\nA thousand deaths that I have left\n'Cause I am the drone\nOpting out of the hive",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose not to participate in something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "participate",
          "participate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "jättää väliin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "jättäytyä pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "se désengager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustranjatʹsja",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "устраняться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkazátʹsja",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "отказа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To choose not to participate in something",
      "word": "pòvūći se"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opt out"
}