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   Waive

   /wāv/

   

   verb

   • 1. refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim): "he will waive all rights to the money" Similar relinquishrenouncegive upabandonrejectsurrenderyieldcededo withoutdispense withset/put asideabdicateabjuresacrificerefuseturn downspurnsign awayOpposite claimpursue
   • ▪ refrain from applying or enforcing (a rule, restriction, or fee): "her tuition fees would be waived" Similar disregardignoreoverlookset asideforgodropomitcast asidebrush asideOpposite upholdfollow

   Word Origin Middle English (originally as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaiver ‘allow to become a waif, abandon’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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