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Answer for the clue "Fail to enforce ", 5 letters:
waive
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Word definitions for waive in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waive \Waive\, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.] To waive from the word of Solomon. --Chaucer.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES waive a charge (= allow you not to pay it ) ▪ I’ve asked the bank to waive the charge this time. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN claim ▪ Judicial views on whether an agreement that the plaintiff will waive any claim ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: relinquish , forgo , foreswear , dispense with ] lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime [syn: forfeit , give up , throw ...
Usage examples of waive.
As her husband seemed to be much enamoured of Mameena, however, she had waived her objections, and when Panda asked if she gave her consent had told him that, although she would prefer that Saduko should choose some other woman who had not been mixed up with the wizard who killed her child, she was prepared to take Mameena as her sister, and would know how to keep her in her place.
Mission and Presidio of Todos Santos, and that the last exception took place thirty-five years ago, when a ship entered the harbor, you will understand why these distinguished gentlemen have been willing to waive the formality of your waiting upon them first, and have taken the initiative.
I waived off a recross, feeling that Minton had accomplished little during his second effort and I could leave well enough alone.
As he waived to Astoria before stepping into the gate, her expression was frustrated.
Meanwhile Theos, in the company of his new friend, began to express his thanks for the timely rescue he had received,--but Sah-luma waived all such acknowledgments aside.
Sixth Amendment withholds from the federal courts, in all criminal proceedings, the power to deprive an accused of his life or liberty unless he has waived, or waives, the assistance of counsel.
The right may be waived by a defendant whose education qualifies him to make an intelligent choice.
A sentence imposed upon a plea of guilty is invalid if such plea was entered through deception or coercion of the prosecuting attorney, or in reliance upon erroneous advice given by a lawyer in the employ of the Government, where the defendant did not have the assistance of counsel and had not understandingly waived the right to such assistance.
Such foreign corporation is viewed as having waived its constitutional right to be secure against imposition of conditions which amount to a taking of property without due process of law.
Augustus ever really looked up to me before he learned that the assessment on Eryx Keep had been waived because he was my relative.
Territory, I waived this objection, and concluded to support the measure.
Gillian, recollecting the particles of glass he had found on the floor of 310, waived cross-examination.
Larvey, if you ever had any right to suppress, you waived it by not making your motion at the beginning of the of the deposition.
That is another reason why, acting for you, I have waived the preliminary.
He came aboard at the last possible minute, so they waived his audition.