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Verb: waive  weyv
  1. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to
    "waive the old ideas"
    - relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
     
  2. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offence, or crime
    "you've waived your right to name your successor"
    - forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo, forego

Sounds like: wave

Derived forms: waived, waiving, waives

See also: waiver

Type of: abandon

Encyclopedia: Waive