To deal administratively with (a law or rule, ecclesiastical or civil) so as to relax or remit its penalty or obligation in a special case; to…
| 单词 | θ166192 |
| 释义 | society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > relax (rules) (4) to dispense withc1380 To deal administratively with (a law or rule, ecclesiastical or civil) so as to relax or remit its penalty or obligation in a special case; to… excuse1646 ‘To remit; not to exact’ (Johnson); to grant excuse for the want or absence of; to dispense with. waivea1665 To refrain from applying or enforcing (a rule, law), to make an exception to. to bend (also stretch) the rules1689 to bend (also stretch) the rules: to interpret the rules leniently; to overlook or allow an infringement of the rules. |
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