waive

Waive is defined as to give up your right to something or to determine that someone else can postpone fulfilling an obligation.

(verb)

An example of waive is when you sign a release of liability after a car accident settlement agreeing not to sue.
An example of waive is when you let someone avoid fees.

See waive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb waived, waiving

to give up or forgo (a right, claim, privilege, etc.)
to refrain from insisting on or taking advantage of
to put off until later; postpone; defer
Law to forgo or relinquish voluntarily (a right, privilege, claim, etc. which one is legally entitled to enforce)
Sports to put (a player) on waivers

Origin: ME weiven < Anglo-Fr waiver, to renounce, abandon < ON veifa, to fluctuate: see waif

See waive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb waived waived, waiv·ing, waives

To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish.
To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule or penalty, for example); dispense with: “The original ban on private trading had long since been waived” (William L. Schurz).
To put aside or off temporarily; defer.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English weiven, to abandon

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman weyver

Origin: , from waif, ownerless property; see waif¹

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