'Waive' definitions:
Definition of 'waive'
(from WordNet)
verb
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with]
verb
Definition of 'Waive'
From: GCIDE
- Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. [1913 Webster]
- He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waive'
From: GCIDE
- Waive \Waive\, n. [See Waive, v. t. ]
- 1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waive'
From: GCIDE
- Waive \Waive\, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To waive from the word of Solomon. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- abstain,
- acknowledge defeat,
- adjourn,
- admit,
- admit exceptions,
- allow,
- allow for,
- annul,
- brush aside,
- cancel,
- cease,
- cede,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- come off,
- concede,
- consider,
- consider the circumstances,
- consider the source,
- contemn,
- continue,
- contradict,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- cry quits,
- cut out,
- decline,
- defer,
- delay,
- deny,
- desist,
- desist from,
- despise,
- disannul,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discontinue,
- discount,
- disdain,
- disgorge,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- disregard,
- disuse,
- do away with,
- do without,
- drag out,
- drop,
- dump,
- except,
- exclude,
- extend,
- forbear,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- get along without,
- get rid of,
- give away,
- give over,
- give up,
- grant,
- hand over,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- have done with,
- hold back,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- ignore,
- invalidate,
- keep back,
- keep in hand,
- kiss good-bye,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay down,
- lay over,
- leave,
- leave off,
- let alone,
- let go,
- lift temporarily,
- make a sacrifice,
- make allowance for,
- make void,
- nol-pros,
- not pursue with,
- not touch,
- not use,
- nullify,
- override,
- overrule,
- part with,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- provide for,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put behind one,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- quit,
- quitclaim,
- rebuff,
- recall,
- recant,
- recess,
- refrain,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- relax,
- relax the condition,
- relinquish,
- render up,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- rescind,
- reserve,
- resign,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- sacrifice,
- save,
- scout,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- shove away,
- sleep on,
- spare,
- spurn,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stop,
- stretch out,
- surrender,
- suspend,
- swear off,
- table,
- take a recess,
- take account of,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw up,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- turn up,
- vacate,
- void,
- withdraw,
- write off,
- yield