transitive verb waived, waiving waiv′·ing

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

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