as in to deny
to officially say that you will not use or require something that you are allowed to have or that is usually required
She waived her right to a lawyer. The university waives the application fee for low-income students.
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Lock the doors, unplug the appliances, and leave the children to their own devices—a phrase that didn’t used to have technological overtones, but if there were ever a time to waive your no-screens policy, along with all your other policies, this is it.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
If the Cardinals attached $5 million or $10 million and Arenado waived his no-trade clause, this deal would make perfect sense.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Governors and legislatures for decades have routinely waived the formula requirements and simply provided communities with a lesser amount.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Anyone with failure to appear arrest warrants will have that charge waived.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
If the Cardinals attached $5 million or $10 million and Arenado waived his no-trade clause, this deal would make perfect sense.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Governors and legislatures for decades have routinely waived the formula requirements and simply provided communities with a lesser amount.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Anyone with failure to appear arrest warrants will have that charge waived.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Waive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waive. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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