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waive

verb

1 waive

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.

synonyms: dispense with, forego, foreswear, forgo, relinquish.

Roget 609a: be neutral etc. adj.; have no choice, have no election; waive, not vote; abstain from voting, refrain from voting; leave undecided; make a virtue of necessity" [Two Gentlemen].

Roget 678: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve.    lay up, lay by, ... show more

Roget 133: be late etc. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; ... show more

Dutch: passen

2 waive

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.

synonyms: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard.

Dutch: opgeven, inboeten, verbeuren, vergokken, verspelen


Moby thesaurus: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, abstain, acknowledge defeat, adjourn, admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, annul, brush aside, cancel, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, come off ... show more.

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waived

Moby thesaurus: abandoned, abjured, ceded, dispensed with, disposed of, extra, forgone, forsworn, fresh, held back, held in reserve, held out, in abeyance, in hand, mint, new, original, pristine, put aside, put by ... show more.

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