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.]

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

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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.

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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