waive
/weɪv/ verbe C1En français : renoncer à
- To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. · If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
- To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
- To release [a player] onto the waiver wire
He/she/it waives · Prétérit waived · Participe passé waived · Forme en -ing waiving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- waive
- He/she/it
- waives
- Prétérit
- waived
- Participe passé
- waived
- Forme en -ing
- waiving
Dans la bibliothèque
We have purchased permission to waive the usual delay; and at half-past two o’clock the Mayor of Marseilles will be waiting for us at the city hall.
It was a breach of etiquette, of course, but oftentimes wage-earning girls waived formalities in matters of this kind.
Collins’s long speeches would allow, everything was settled between them to the satisfaction of both; and as they entered the house, he earnestly entreated her to name the day that was to make him the happiest of men; and though such a solicitation must be waived for the present, the lady felt no inclination to trifle with his happiness.
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