waive formal
(choose to ignore a claim, right, or rule)
- Some colleges may waive the tuition fees for low-income students.
- Barkley wanted local authorities to waive criminal charges against him.
wave
(a raised line of water that moves on the surface of the sea)
- There were huge waves breaking on the shore.
(a sudden increase in a particular activity, behavior, or feeling)
- There was a wave of public protest against the policy
- A wave of panic spread through the crowd.