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waive
[ weyv ]
verb (used with object)
- to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo:
to waive one's right;
to waive one's rank;
to waive honors.
Synonyms: surrender, renounce, resign
Antonyms: demand
- Law. to relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally.
- to put aside for the time; defer; dispense with:
to waive formalities.
- to put aside or dismiss from consideration or discussion:
waiving my attempts to explain.
waive
/ weɪv /
verb
- to set aside or relinquish
to waive one's right to something
- to refrain from enforcing (a claim) or applying (a law, penalty, etc)
- to defer
Word History and Origins
Origin of waive1
Word History and Origins
Origin of waive1
Example Sentences
Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.
Most of the defendants had been convinced to waive their right to a lawyer.
But now Yanukovych has signaled that he refuses to waive even a bit of his power.
Hastert stopped short of saying Boehner should waive the Hastert Rule.
That vote will surely go along party lines, meaning the committee will decide that she did waive them, but so what?
He may therefore receive and waive notice of them, vote when attending them, in short, participate in all matters.
The Dauphin and his eldest son the Duke of Burgundy would waive their rights.
They looked grave and distant, yet as if eager to learn more of me, had they dared to waive the ceremony of their iron office.
Ralegh himself had no such fondness for the fashionable mode of adjusting quarrels as to waive any orthodox right of refusal.
He would waive the ordinary etiquette of time and mourning to arrange all before.
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