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Anglo-French

weyver

to abandon, waive

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Older white shopkeeper voluntarily waves away a customer's offered payment for a minor fee, calm gracious gesture; no writing.
verb

waive

WAYV/weɪv/

To choose not to exercise a right or enforce a claim or requirement.

Etymology
waiveAnglo-Frenchto abandon, waive

Weyver meant “to abandon.” In legal use, that idea became relinquishing a right or forbearing to insist on a claim, giving the modern sense of voluntarily giving something up.

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