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WAIVE

Pronunciation (US):

• WAIVE (verb)
The verb WAIVE has 2 senses:

1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
2. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

Familiarity information: WAIVE used as a verb is rare.

• WAIVE (verb)

Sense 1

waive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

forgo; foreswear; waive; dispense with; relinquish

Context examples:

We are dispensing with formalities / relinquish the old ideas

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

waive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

forfeit; give up; throw overboard; waive; forgo

Hypernyms (to "waive" is one way to...):

abandon (forsake, leave behind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waive"):

lapse (let slip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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(English proverb)
"Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"An unshod mocks a shoe."
(Arabic proverb)
"If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is."
(Egyptian proverb)

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