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Verb: waive  weyv
  1. Set aside or refrain from enforcing (a rule, requirement, or formality)
    "The bank waived the late payment penalty";
    - relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
     
  2. Abandon, relinquish or do without, especially a right or claim
    "They waived their right to appeal";
    - forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo, forego

Sounds like: waiting, weig, waiv

Derived forms: waiving, waives, waived

See also: dispense

Type of: abandon, act, move

Encyclopedia: Waive