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(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. / (particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due. / (now rare) To put aside, avoid.

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waive

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Source Word

waive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/weɪv/

transitive archaic obsolete

(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. / (particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due. / (now rare) To put aside, avoid.

Japanese Meaning

（権利などを）放棄する / 請求権や主張すべき権利を手放す / 料金や手数料などの支払い請求を免除する

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The defendant chose to waive his right to counsel during the interrogation, a decision that later complicated his appeal.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

被告は取り調べ中に弁護人を求める権利を放棄することを選び、その決定が後の上訴を複雑にした。

Sense（1）

(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

Sense（2）

(particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.

Sense（3）

(now rare) To put aside, avoid.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（4）

(obsolete) To outlaw (someone).

Sense（5）

(obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).

but she might be waived, and held as abandoned.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

waives

（ present singular third-person ）

waiving

（ participle present ）

waived

（ participle past ）

waived

（ past ）

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