waive something to choose not to demand something in a particular case, even though you have a legal or official right to do so放弃（权利、要求等） synonym forgo- He waived his right to appeal against the verdict.他放弃了对判决提出上诉的权利。
- We have decided to waive the tuition fees in your case.针对你的情况，我们已决定免除你的学费。
- He has agreed to waive his rights to the money.他已同意放弃获得金钱的权利。
Topics Law and justicec2Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaive is used with these nouns as the object: - charge
- claim
- confidentiality
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See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaiver ‘allow to become a waif, abandon’.