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waive
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waive  (wv)
tr.v. waived, waiv·ing, waives
1. To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish.
2. To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule or penalty, for example); dispense with: "The original ban on private trading had long since been waived" William L. Schurz.
3. To put aside or off temporarily; defer.

[Middle English weiven, to abandon, from Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, ownerless property; see waif1.]

waive
Verb
[waiving, waived] to refrain from enforcing or claiming (a rule or right) [Old French weyver]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
kick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
2.waive - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

waive
2. disregard, ignore, discount, overlook, set aside, pass over, dispense with, brush aside, turn a blind eye to, forgo
Translations

waive [weɪv] vtsuspender
waive [weɪv] vtrenoncer à, abandonner
waive [weɪv] vt [+ rule] → verzichten auf +acc
waive [weɪv] vtrinunciare a, abbandonare

waive [weiv]
1 to give up or not insist upon (eg a claim or right) He waived his claim to all the land north of the river. opgee يَتَنازَل، يَتَخَلّى عَن отказвам се от vzdát se frafalde verzichten auf παραιτούμαι από renunciar (a), prescindir (de) loovutama, loobuma چشم پوشيدن luopua renoncer (à) לְווַתֵר עַל- छोड़ना odreći se, odgoditi lemond (vmiről) melepaskan afsala sér, falla frá rinunciare a 放棄する 버리다, 포기하다 atsisakyti atteikties no tiesībām enggan menggunakan hak atau kuasa opgeven gi avkall , frafalle, avstå fra zrzec się desistir de a renunţa la отказываться vzdať sa odpovedati se odreći se avstå från, avsäga sig, ge avkall på สละสิทธิ์ vazgeçmek 放棄 відмовлятися دست بردار ہو جانا từ bỏ
2 not to demand or enforce (a fine, penalty etc) The judge waived the sentence and let him go free. kwytskeld يُسْقِطُ حَقّا отхвърлям upustit (od) frafalde verzichten auf χαρίζω, δεν επιβάλλω (ποινή) no aplicar loobuma از قانون مستثني كردن antaa raueta abandonner וִיתוּר माफ करना odgoditi felfüggeszt tidak menuntut falla frá, vísa frá abbandonare 適用しない 고의로 포기하다; 보류하다 atsisakyti, nereikalauti atsaukt; atcelt (spriedumu u.tml.) mengetepikan kwijtschelden se bort fra, sette til side odstąpić od não impor a abandona не настаивать upustiť (od) opustiti proglasiti nevažećim avstå (bortse) från ระงับไว้ชั่วคราว kaldırmak 取消 відмовлятися چھوڑ دینا khước từ


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