waive

Definition of waive in English English dictionary: To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego
We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. - Barrow.; To desert; to abandon. - Alexander Mansfield Burrill; A woman put out of the protection of the law; To turn aside; to recede
To waive from the word of Solomon. - Geoffrey Chaucer.; A waif; a castaway. - John Donne; To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert; To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses; to give up a right, privilege or restriction; as with a waiver
If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.; to relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim; If you waive your right to something, for example legal representation, you choose not to have it or do it. He pleaded guilty to the murders of three boys and waived his right to appeal; 1. To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily; relinquish.2 To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule or penalty, for example); dispense with: “The original ban on private trading had long since been waived” (William L. Schurz).3. To put aside or off temporarily; defer; do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"; 3 (b), and the Note; To desert; to abandon; A legal term meaning to surrender a right or privilege; To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses; to give up a right, claim, or privilege; To knowingly abandon, relinquish, or surrender a right, benefit, or claim; lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime; To agree to give up (a claim, right or privilege) By entering the Event, a competitor waives any right of action against the organiser, the owner of any site and their respective members, employees or personnel for any loss or damage sustained by him in consequence of any act or omission on their part, or on the part of other competitors 2 7 1; To relinquish or abandon; to forego a right to enforce or require anything; If someone waives a rule, they say that people do not have to obey it in a particular situation. The art gallery waives admission charges on Sundays. to state officially that a right, rule etc can be ignored (weyver, from waif; WAIF); A waif; a castaway; To relinquish, or abandon; to forego a right to enforce or require anything; To give up a right, claim or privilege; To relinquish, or abandon To forego a right to enforce or require anything; to give up something you are entitled to, as in: We will waive the application fee if you sign up now; To abandon or give up a claim or a right, or forgive some other requirements Top of Page; To voluntarily give up a legal right; not enforce (a penalty); To voluntarily and intentionally relinquish a known right, claim or privilege; To relinquish (give up) a right or entitlement; To give up a right or claim voluntarily; To relinquish, or abandon; the abandonment of some claim or right; To abandon or give up a claim or a right, or forgive some other requirements; To voluntarily and intentionally relinquish a known right, claim or privilege Warranty Deed: A deed used in many states to convey fee title to real property; do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas; To forego In case of insurance deductible to refrain from insisting upon application under specific conditions; See Waive, v; {f} refrain from enforcing something; give up (a right, honor, legal claim, etc.); To voluntarily give up a legal right or claim; Giving up the right to make a claim; To give up right or claim voluntarily; To relinquish, or abandon; to forego a right to enforce or require performance by another
waive one's claim: give up one's right, concede one's claim
To waive: weyve
waived: past of waive
waives: third-person singular of waive
waives: plural of waive
waiving: present participle of waive

waive

Turkish pronunciation

weyv

Synonyms

abandon, allow, cede, defer, delay, disclaim, disown, dispense with, forgo, grant, hand over, hold off, hold up, leave, neglect

Antonyms

claim

Pronunciation

/ˈwāv/ /ˈweɪv/

Etymology

() From Middle English, from en weyver (“to abandon", "to waive”), from Old French weyver, guever (“to abandon", "to give back”); also Old English weiven (“to abandon”)