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waive

UK/wɛjv/ US/weɪv/ uncommon archaic obsolete us

verb

1.

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

  • “We are dispensing with formalities”
  • “relinquish the old ideas”
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2.

lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

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From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.

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