委い棄き

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Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

waiver; renunciation of a right

law

Legal term for voluntarily giving up a right, claim, or privilege. Used in formal legal contexts.

被ひ告こくは上じょう訴そ権けんを委い棄きした。
The defendant waived the right to appeal.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abandonment; desertion

Rare synonym for 遺棄, used in legal or formal writing for abandoning a person, thing, or duty. Not common in everyday speech.

Kanji

委committee, entrust to, leave to
棄abandon, throw away, discard

Similar words

遺い棄き
遺棄 is the standard term for abandonment (of a person, object, or duty), while 委棄 is a rarer legal synonym, more often used for waiving rights.
放ほう棄き
放棄 is the common word for abandonment or renunciation in general contexts; 委棄 is limited to formal legal usage, especially waiving rights.

Etymology

Compound of 委 (entrust, leave to) and 棄 (discard, abandon). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with legal concepts of relinquishment.