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waive

waive waived waiv·ing [Anglo-French waiver weiver, literally to abandon, forsake, from waif weif forlorn, stray, probably from Old Norse veif something loose or flapping] 1 : to relinquish

abandon

again asserting or claiming an interest in (a right or property) 2 : to disassociate oneself from or forsake in spite of a duty or responsibility to [ one's child] 3 : to renounce one's obligations and

Dereliction

The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume an utter forsaking abandonment

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Desertion

The act of deserting or forsaking abandonment of a service a cause a party a friend or any post of duty the quitting of

Expatriation

The act of banishing or the state of banishment especially the forsaking of ones own country with a renunciation of allegiance

nest egg

An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it and to induce her to lay more in the same place

Relinquishment

1989 SC 1333: (1989) 2 SCC 454: (1989) 2 SCR 179. (Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 45) Relinquishment, forsaking, or giving up. The abandonment of a right or thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1294. Means

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