waive

[ weyv ]

/ weɪv /

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verb (used with object), waived, waiv·ing.

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.

Nearby words

waitress, waitressing, waitron, waitstaff, waitz, waive, waiver, waiver of premium, wajda, wajda, andrzej, waka

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 FOR waive

1 resign, renounce, surrender, remit.

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ANTONYMS FOR waive

1 demand.

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Related forms

un·waived, adjective

Can be confused

waive wave

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Examples from the Web for waive

Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.
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Most of the defendants had been convinced to waive their right to a lawyer.
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But now Yanukovych has signaled that he refuses to waive even a bit of his power.
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Hastert stopped short of saying Boehner should waive the Hastert Rule.
Denny Hastert Disses the ‘Hastert Rule’: It ‘Never Really Existed’|Eleanor Clift|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

That vote will surely go along party lines, meaning the committee will decide that she did waive them, but so what?
The Continuing Fizzle of the IRS Scandal|Michael Tomasky|June 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The seizing of the urea by the kidney cell is a vital phenomenon which we must waive for the moment.
The Story of the Living Machine|H. W. Conn
He had a right to doubt there, which he was willing to waive.
The Whirligig of Time|Wayland Wells Williams
It remains for us, therefore, to waive the salutation in this instance.
The Prince of India, Volume I|Lew. Wallace
If you would like to sign it, you can; if you want to waive signing it, you can also.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Said another: "The waive note is good for twenty years and when you sign one you must either pay out or die out."
A Social History of The American Negro|Benjamin Brawley

British Dictionary definitions for waive

waive

/ (weɪv) /

verb (tr)

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

Word Origin for waive

C13: from Old Northern French weyver, from waif abandoned; see waif

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