Waive

[weɪv] or [wev]

Definition

(verb.) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; 'We are dispensing with formalities'; 'relinquish the old ideas'.

Typed by Leigh--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) A waif; a castaway.

(v. t.) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

(v. t.) To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

(v. t.) To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.

(v. t.) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

(v. t.) To desert; to abandon.

(v. i.) To turn aside; to recede.

Inputed by Agnes

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Relinquish, renounce, give up, forego.

Checked by Archie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Forego, abandon, {[re]?}, mit, cancel, drop, relinquish, castoff

ANT:Press, urge, enforce, assert, claim, vindicate

Checker: Louie

Definition

v.t. to relinquish for the present: to give up claim to: not to insist on a right or claim.—n. Wai′ver the act of waiving: renouncement of a claim: process by which a woman was outlawed.

Checker: Zachariah