'Waived' definitions:
Definition of 'Waived'
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]
Synonyms of 'waived'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abjured,
- ceded,
- dispensed with,
- disposed of,
- extra,
- forgone,
- forsworn,
- fresh,
- held back,
- held in reserve,
- held out,
- in abeyance,
- in hand,
- mint,
- new,
- original,
- pristine,
- put aside,
- put by,
- recanted,
- released,
- relinquished,
- renounced,
- reserve,
- retracted,
- sacrificed,
- saved,
- spare,
- stored,
- surrendered,
- suspended,
- to spare,
- unapplied,
- unbeaten,
- unconsumed,
- unemployed,
- unexercised,
- unexpended,
- unhandled,
- unspent,
- untapped,
- untouched,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unutilized,
- yielded