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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means 'to give up (a right or claim) voluntarily', as in waiving an immunity or waiving formalities. It is not formally confused with the more familiar verb wave except in phrasal verbs such as waive aside and waive away (= to put aside as if with the wave of the hand), which are incorrect (☒ I cannot waive away all the teaching of history).

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verb

1. To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, yield. See keep/release.
2. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer¹, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay¹, suspend, table. Informal wait. Idioms: put on ice. See do/not do.

v

Definition: give up; let go
Antonyms: claim

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered.

For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such a wrong.

IN BRIEF: Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime.

The team will waive its right to a replay of the game despite the unfair calls of the referee.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like waive which means to give away rights to, is wave which is a movement of the hand or a swell of water at the beach.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frasige, opgive, frafalde, affeje, affærdige, afvise

Nederlands (Dutch)
afzien van, opzij zetten, afstand doen van

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén, Jur) déroger à, renoncer à, supprimer

Deutsch (German)
v. - verzichten auf, abgehen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραιτούμαι (δικαιώματος), παραμερίζω, αντιπαρέρχομαι

Italiano (Italian)
rinunziare a, desistere, derogare, lasciar perdere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desistir, adiar

Русский (Russian)
отказываться (от права), допускать отклонение, делать исключение, откладывать на неопределенное время, отмести

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - renunciar a, desistir de, aplazar, diferir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avstå från, ge upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
免除, 推迟考虑, 放弃

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 免除, 推遲考慮, 放棄

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (권리 따위를) 포기하다, 우선 보류하다, (규칙 등을) 적용하지 않다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 放棄する, 差し控える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتنازل, يتخلى عن, يترك, يتجنب, يصرف شخصا إلى الانتباه بتحريك يده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ויתר על, לא עמד על‬

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