renounceformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Allowing and permitting
admission
admit
admit of something
allow of something
allowable
authorization
authorize
consent
entrance
give the green light to somethingidiom
given the chance/choiceidiom
green-light
hall pass
hospital admission
liberty
relicense
relicensure
say-so
security clearance
see your way (clear) to doing somethingidiom

waiveverb[T] (REMOVE PLAYER)

US
to remove a player from a team's roster(= list of players) and make that player available to other teams:
He was waived in June and signed with the Tigers in July.
In order to activate their new player, they needed to waive another from the roster.
The team waived him on Monday.
She signed to the team's squad after being waived in the preseason.
To make room on the 28-man roster, the Wizards waived one midfielder and one defender.
Team officials said he chose to be waived rather than accept a reduced salary.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Promoting staff
aggrandizement
anointment
ascend
ascension
career ladder
downgrade someone/something to something
elevate
elevation
enthrone
exalt
fast track
Peter Principle
promote
promotion
reinstall
reinstallation
relegate
subordinate
wilderness
wilderness yearsidiom

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waive | American Dictionary

waive
verb[ T ]
us/weɪv/
to not demand something you have a right to or not cause a rule to be obeyed:
The bank waived the charge, because the mistake was their fault.

waive | Business English

waive
verb[ T ]
uk /weɪv/us
to decide that you will not ask for something, although you have a right to do so, or that a rule will be ignored:
waive a claim/fee/rightThe bank waived the overdraft fee.

Examples of waive

waive
These action status atoms are read (respectively) as (t) is obligatory, permitted, forbidden, done, and the obligation to do (t) is waived.
In principle, the answer is yes, although two factors support waiving this responsibility and imposing more stringent duties on mere genetic contributors.
Further, respect for autonomy requires that the rights-bearers have the power to waive or transfer this authorization to punish.
The sense in which injunctions protect autonomy is highlighted by the fact that an injunction can be waived, or sold for a fee.
The last survivor option can be waived only with the permission of the spouse.
He can only waive his liberty-right altogether involuntarily, that is, by not making any choice at all.
An individual cannot choose to waive his liberty-right altogether.
We could argue that there exists a nonpaternalistic reason why persons may not waive their moral right to receive aid.
Border guards should not treat tourists too discourteously and sometimes should waive the letter of the law.
Even these low charges are waived in cases of hardship certified by a medical social worker.
Nonetheless, in some instances at least it is clear that the fine was waived due to a temporary problem, rather than long-term poverty.
These authors argue, however, that the process of informed consent can only be waived by the patient.
At first, a recommendation from a responsible person (a doctor or nurse, for example) was required but since 1970 this has been waived.
We might say that its exercise in the other direction is being waived.
But his liberty-right is still being exercised in the one direction - it is not being waived altogether.
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