waive

waive · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To refrain from insisting on or using a right or claim.

  2. 2.

    To refrain from applying or enforcing a rule, restriction, or fee.

Related words

Antonyms: claim, enforce, insist on
See also: forgo, renounce, waiver
Synonyms: abandon, forgo, relinquish, renounce

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman French weyver meaning "to abandon, forsake," from Old Norse veifa meaning "to swing, wave." The legal sense developed from the idea of waving something away or aside.