waive

Definition

To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law."
• "Exhibiting what the dramatic critics call a "fine restraint," he waives his timely opportunity for discourse upon the celebrated gyascutus, which, as any Northwestern tourist will tell you, haunts the slopes of the most precipitous mountains—always evading capture because its legs, shorter on the one side of the body than on the other, are peculiarly adapted to scooting up an inclined plane."
• "The federal government will ban the import of live northern snakeheads beginning Friday, waiving the normal 30-day waiting period"

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