waived

[ weyvd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

set aside or dispensed with:
We offer many benefits to individuals with military experience, including waived fees, reduced tuition, and lifetime career services.
Law. (of a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally relinquished:
Waived health plan coverage cannot be reinstated retroactively.
Sports. (of a professional player) released on a waiver; released by a team and made available to join another team, which must assume the player’s existing contract:
Under their rules, if only one team claims a waived player, he can be traded immediately, but if more than one team puts in a claim, the player can't be traded for thirty days.

Origin of waived¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; waive ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

The Israeli press reported Tuesday that Pollard waived a parole hearing this week.

Shahzad waived his rights and over two weeks spilled his guts to investigators.

When Ortega, now 24, was finally located and taken into police custody on March 26 of this year, he waived his Miranda rights.

Connecticut has not actually executed anyone since Michael Ross, who waived his appeals, was put to death almost seven years ago.

He was claimed by the Houston Rockets and then waived as well.

Such policies are not valid until countersigned, unless the countersigning is waived.

The other waived this question and replied: "I have found two parties that hate him; two that came in last week."

With generous chivalry the "Bayard of India" waived his rank in honor of Havelock.

The whole mass of the passages which have been cited may be thought to bear primarily on the controversies which I have waived.

But if he entirely waived the respect due to his birth, he was very jealous of his rights as a landowner.

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