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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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