signs away

Transfers by signature

To sign away is to transfer or relinquish rights, property, or claims by signing a document.

The phrase emphasizes the finality and often the foolishness of the surrender: He signed away his inheritance for a pittance, She signed away her parental rights.

Signs away is the third-person singular present tense.

Related

deed of trust · title transfer · legal transfer · relinquish · cede · forfeiture · handover · sacrifice · renunciation · quitclaim · document · waiver · convey · hand over · authorization · letting go · let go of · wave goodbye

Opposites
transfer of rights/ownership

signs awayacquires

Comes to have

claims · inherits · receives · accepts · obtains

retention vs. release

signs awaykeeps

Retains or strongholds

retains · preserves · maintains · safeguards · protects

Family

sign, signs, signed, signing, signer, signers, signal, signals, signaled

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