to waive
107
6.6
- verb
- /weɪv/
- Formal
:
renunciar a
- The trip cost approximately $75, though the fees were completely waived for students who could not afford such expenses.
- waive the right
- waive the prerequisite
- waive the requirement
And National Trust have waived their fees for all of their places.
- And National Trust have waived their fees for all of their places.
- We the, the debaters have decided to waive the right to ask each other questions.
- His lawyer said that he was not waiving his right to extradition proceedings.
- But I had not waived my anonymity at this point.
- And I know some people are asking to waive fees.
- We could have gotten our, like, checking fee, like waived.
- The pro move is only invest up to where you get get your fee waived.
- The thing is, if you disclose the content of that conference, then arguably you have waived your privilege to that content.
- They do sign the form to waive her rights because her mom has been told not a big deal, nothing to worry about here.
- He convinced the MasterCard to waive that fee for rent and then he's able to now earn points on something you haven't paid anything.
- Trump's going to get them to waive that, waive this.
Examples
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The committee agreed to waive the application fee for low-income applicants.
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Counselor, do you waive a formal reading of the charges?
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And that is when they asked me to waive my rights for anything.
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In this situation, 'cause we're friends, I wish I could waive it.
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If you come back in one piece, I'll waive the storage charges.
Fiction book (1991) -
"All we have to do is waive liability and allow them to make records."
Fiction book (1997) -
We the, the debaters have decided to waive the right to ask each other questions.
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I waive my Miranda rights.
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Earlier this week, I met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all Co payments for coronavirus treatments.
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In effect, the investor is waiving its rights to sue outside of the country.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
69
7.2
To give up control, a right, or something you own
30
6.3
Decide not to have or do something you want
24
6.3
To choose not to have or do something
1
9.9
To publicly promise to give up a belief, habit, or claim
Antonyms
How Firm
37
5.8
- Formal
69
6.3
- Formal
5
7.3
- Formal
107
6.6
∞
2.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Waive is easy to remember if you imagine someone waving their hand to push something away, a simple image for refusing or 'giving up' a right or claim. So, to waive something today is to choose not to use it or to 'let it go'.