waive
waive definition
waive (wāv)
transitive verb waived, waiving waiv′·ing
- 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
Etymology: ME weiven < Anglo-Fr waiver, to renounce, abandon < ON veifa, to fluctuate: see waif
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