WAIVE

transitive verb (~d; waiving) see: waif Date: 14th century give up , forsake , to throw away (stolen goods), to shunt aside (as a danger or duty) ; evade , 4. to relinquish voluntarily (as a legal right) , to refrain from pressing or enforcing (as a claim or rule) ; forgo , to put off from immediate consideration ; postpone , to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand , to place (a ball player) on ~rs, see: relinquish