waived

[ weyvd ]

adjective

1. set aside or dispensed with:

   We offer many benefits to individuals with military experience, including waived fees, reduced tuition, and lifetime career services.

2. Law. (of a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally relinquished:

   Waived health plan coverage cannot be reinstated retroactively.

3. 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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of waive.

Other Words From

• un·waived adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of waived¹

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

Example Sentences

Resort fees are waived when you book a Work From Hyatt package, and you’ll still receive the benefits you normally would, while also earning points and elite status, if applicable.

From Fortune

The bank requested that Smith waive the secrecy of his account and recommended he apply to a voluntary IRS program to disclose foreign money.

From Washington Post

Using computational linguistic techniques, we looked for words associated with the imposition of legal obligations—such as “must” and “shall”—as well as those associated with the alleviation of obligations—such as “exempt” or “waive.”

From Fortune

For overpayments doled out through standard unemployment insurance, states have the freedom to waive repayment obligations.

From ProPublica

Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen, who was taken with the 10th overall pick, has already been traded and waived in his brief career and is now on the practice squad in Tampa Bay.

From FiveThirtyEight

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg