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waive

  [weyv]
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–verb (used with object), waived, waiv⋅ing.
1. to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
2. Law. to relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally.
3. to put aside for the time; defer; postpone; dispense with: to waive formalities.
4. to put aside or dismiss from consideration or discussion: waiving my attempts to explain.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME weyven < AF weyver to make a waif (of someone) by forsaking or outlawing (him or her)

Synonyms:
1. resign, renounce, surrender, remit.

Antonyms:
1. demand.
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waive   (wāv)   
tr.v.   waived, waiv·ing, waives

  1. To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish.

  2. 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).

  3. To put aside or off temporarily; defer.


[Middle English weiven, to abandon, from Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, ownerless property; see waif1.]
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Word Origin & History

waive 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. weyver "to abandon, waive," O.Fr. weyver, guever "to abandon, give back," probably from a Scand. source akin to O.N. veifa "to swing about," from P.Gmc. *waibijanan (see waif). In M.E. legal language, used of rights, goods, or women. Waiver "act of waiving" is from 1628 (modern usage is often short for waiver clause); baseball waivers is recorded from 1907.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: waive
Pronunciation: 'wAv
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: waived; waiv·ing
Etymology: Anglo-French waiver weiver, literally to abandon, forsake, from waif weif forlorn, stray, probably from Old Norse veif something loose or flapping
1 : to relinquish (as a right or privilege) voluntarily and intentionally waived a felony hearing on the charge —National Law Journal> —compare FORFEIT, RESERVE
2 : to refrain from enforcing or requiring waive the age requirement —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.> —waiv·able adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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