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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

He had chafed at having to once again waive...

"Trump, who has sharply criticised the deal reached in Barack Obama's presidency, had chafed at having to once again waive sanctions on a country he sees as a threat in the Middle East." (Reuters.)

Does "(he)had chafed at having to once again waive sanctions on a country..." mean '(he) had got annoyed/irritated by being forced to delay once again sanctions on a country...'?

  

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Yes, basically. " In this case I do think that "delay" is probably accurate, but a waiver can be either temporary, resulting in a delay of enforcement, or it can be permanent, so that the sanction or whatever restriction is never enforced.

— Sbolton

  • Yes, basically.
  • " In this case I do think that "delay" is probably accurate, but a waiver can be either temporary, resulting in a delay of enforcement, or it can be permanent, so that the sanction or whatever restriction is never enforced.
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Yes, basically. However, I think it's worth pointing out that "waive" isn't exactly synonymous with "delay." In this case I do think that "delay" is probably accurate, but a waiver can be either temporary, resulting in a delay of enforcement, or it can be permanent, so that the sanction or whatever restriction is never enforced.
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"waive" doesn't mean "delay" (even if in this specific case there is a chance that sanctions may be imposed at a later date). See https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/waive .

(Cross-posted.)

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