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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 (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offence, or crime
    "you've waived your right to name your successor";
    - forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo, forego

Sounds like: waiting, weig, waiv

Derived forms: waived, waives, waiving

Type of: abandon

Encyclopedia: Waive