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Meanings of waive (waives) in English

Portuguese
penalidade
Catalan
privar-se
Spanish
perder

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

penalidade
Catalan
deixar
Spanish
sacrificar

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.

deixar
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Examples for "relinquish"
Examples for "relinquish"
1
I hope we hold on to that power and don't relinquish it.
Ebony
2
We've been taught to relinquish our authority from a very young age.
Feminist dot com
3
Marcos will not relinquish his hold even if martial law is ended.
The new yorker
4
And then imagine what would lead me to voluntarily relinquish that honour.
The Guardian
5
The three men regrouped to decide whether or not to relinquish hunting.
From dawn to deceit
1
Surely I cannot foreswear myself in God's house.
The pretender's crown
2
First, though, I want you to foreswear the oath I gave you and revoke my obligations.
A Day Dark as Night
3
Hamas is regarded in the West as a terrorist organisation which refuses to recognise Israel and foreswear violence.
Reuters
4
They said an IAEA resolution passed on Thursday, urging all Middle East nations to foreswear atomic bombs, included Israel and made Friday's proposal unnecessary.
Reuters
5
"I'll foreswear pebbles if you'll abolish the sand habit."
Grace Harlowe's Problem
1
No, I thank you; I think we can dispense with his information.
Tongues of Serpents
2
The only way out is to dispense with the industrial-technological system altogether.
Industrial Society and Its Future
3
I could not dispense with the man; I had to cure him.
The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 / An Illustrated Monthly
4
Colour cannot stand alone; it cannot dispense with boundaries of some kind.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
5
If not, the Leveson inquiry may well dispense with its services altogether.
The Guardian
Usage of waives in English
1
The exemption waives restrictions normally imposed on banks and their nonbank affiliates.
Reuters
2
The bill also waives some aviation excise taxes, which would boost airlines.
Reuters
3
U.S. sanctions will resume unless Trump again waives them on May 12.
Reuters
4
Gomperts occasionally waives the cost entirely for women who cannot afford it.
Reuters
5
It also waives the fees for peace officers and members of the military.
Reuters
6
Mrs. Grundy even waives some of her laws on the river.
Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl / Sister of that "Idle Fellow."
7
Thus he waives all pleas, and stoops his neck immediately to the block.
The Pharisee and the Publican
8
The man who waives legality when legality must inevitably be abandoned.
One night stands & lost weekends
9
Jan 2008 - China waives consumption tax for naphtha, used as a petrochemical feedstock.
Reuters
10
Britain, along with Ireland, is unusual in the extent to which it waives VAT.
The Guardian
11
And if you're OK with a two-hour window, the company waives this delivery fee.
Wired
12
The company waives the fee for removing photos of those exonerated of any charges.
Reuters
13
He is the man who waives his right to vote.
Public Opinion
14
Explain: ranking officer, waives, cerebral elephantiasis, dictator, deadly nightshade, data, disparage, curmudgeon, chute, superseded.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
15
She admits the right to ovation, and to him who waives it she lightly regards.
Hints for Lovers
16
His own lingering doubt, Christ waives aside as settled.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
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Translations for waives
Waives through the time