waive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  2. verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with

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