waive
waive (wāv)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. [Middle English weiven, to abandon, from Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, ownerless property. See waif1.]
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