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waive

 
 
/weɪv/ verb [T]

Translation

ALLOW UNUSUAL ACTION to allow someone not to obey the usual rule or not to pay the usual amount of money
feragat etmek, iptal etmek, bırakmak
He agreed to waive his fee to help us.1863686
LAW to decide not to have something that you are allowed by law to have
vazgeçmek; yasal hakkından feragat etmek
She waived her right to have a lawyer representing her.1185
(Definition of waive verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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