waive

waive  (wv)

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.

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[Middle English weiven, to abandon, from Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, ownerless property; see waif¹.]

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waive

Verb

[waiving, waived] to refrain from enforcing or claiming (a rule or right) [Old French weyver]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" foreswear, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, forego kick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
	2.	waive - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo, forego abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

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waive

verb 1. give up, relinquish, renounce, forsake, drop, abandon, resign, yield, surrender, set aside, dispense with, cede, forgo << OPPOSITE claim

2. disregard, ignore, discount, overlook, set aside, pass over, dispense with, brush aside, turn a blind eye to, forgo

Translations

waive [weɪv] vt → suspender

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waive [weɪv] vt → renoncer à, abandonner

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waive [weɪv] vt [+ rule] → verzichten auf +acc

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waive [weɪv] vt → rinunciare a, abbandonare