waive
[weyv]
- to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- Law. to relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally.
- to put aside for the time; defer; postpone; dispense with: to waive formalities.
- to put aside or dismiss from consideration or discussion: waiving my attempts to explain.
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Origin of waive
1250–1300; Middle English weyven < Anglo-French weyver to make a waif (of someone) by forsaking or outlawing (him or her)
Synonyms
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1. demand.
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relinquish, suspend, defer, renounce, grant, shelve, forgo, remove, allow, reject, abandon, postpone, surrender, cede, resign, disclaim, yield, stay, leave, delayExamples from the Web for waive
Contemporary Examples
Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.
Popes, Saints, Miracles, Weird Relics and Odd Omens Converge on RomeBarbie Latza Nadeau
April 26, 2014
Most of the defendants had been convinced to waive their right to a lawyer.
‘Kids for Cash’: Crooked Judge, Damaged Teens, and the Perils of Zero ToleranceRonald K. Fried
February 25, 2014
But now Yanukovych has signaled that he refuses to waive even a bit of his power.
Hastert stopped short of saying Boehner should waive the Hastert Rule.
That vote will surely go along party lines, meaning the committee will decide that she did waive them, but so what?
Historical Examples
This is not the point before me; but, however, I waive that objection.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
"Well, we can afford to waive it," said counsel, with a superior smile.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
"We might waive the formalities in the interests of justice," purred the Lieutenant.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
But the urgency that his task dictated caused him to waive the point.
The Lion's SkinRafael Sabatini
Very honorable indeed; but at this moment we must waive a punctilio.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II)Charles James Lever
waive
- to set aside or relinquishto waive one's right to something
- to refrain from enforcing (a claim) or applying (a law, penalty, etc)
- to defer
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Word Origin
C13: from Old Northern French weyver, from waif abandoned; see waif
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Word Origin and History for waive
v.
c.1300, from Anglo-French weyver "to abandon, waive," Old French weyver, guever "to abandon, give back," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse veifa "to swing about," from Proto-Germanic *waibijanan (see waif). In Middle English legal language, used of rights, goods, or women. Related: Waived; waiving.
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