Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give up (a claim or right, for example) voluntarily; relinquish. synonym: relinquish.
- transitive verb To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with.
- transitive verb To refrain from engaging in, sometimes temporarily; cancel or postpone.
- transitive verb Sports To place (a player) on waivers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A waif; a poor homeless wretch; a castaway.
- noun In law, a woman put out of the protection of the law.
- To refuse; forsake; decline; shun.
- To move; remove; push aside.
- To relinquish; forsake; forbear to insist on or claim; defer for the present; forgo: as, to
waive a subject; to waive a claim or privilege. - In law:
- To relinquish intentionally (a known right), or intentionally to do an act inconsistent with claiming (it). See
waiver . - To throw away, as a thief stolen goods in his flight.
- In old English law, to put out of the protection of the law, as a woman.
- To depart; deviate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A waif; a castaway.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See
Waive , v. t., 3 (b), and the Note. - transitive verb To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
- transitive verb To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
- transitive verb To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
- transitive verb (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon.
- intransitive verb obsolete To turn aside; to recede.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, law A woman put out of the protection of the law; an
outlawed woman. - verb obsolete To move from side to side; to
sway . - verb intransitive, obsolete To
stray ,wander . - verb obsolete To
outlaw (someone). - verb obsolete To
abandon ,give up (someone or something). - verb transitive, law To
relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; toforego . - verb To put
aside ,avoid . - noun Obsolete form of
waif .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If Ray Whitney and Niclas Wallin waive their no-trade clauses, the Hurricanes will be able to pick up prospects and/or draft picks.
Pushing the reset button can lead to a quicker turnaround 2010
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Here’s the next one: From July 7 to 31, listings for goods starting under 99 cents again waive the insertion fee.
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Because there are several layers of appeal he can go through if he does not waive, that is our understanding also.
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Does it give Bush the power to "waive" the benchmarks if he determines that a "crisis" exists?
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Just extend your middle finger and "waive" them away! '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence 2007
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Never mind that I am not trying to "waive" anything, I am simply trying to get Direct TV to comply with what they had already stated.
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This flew in the face of the simple fact that no bill at all would have been better than this one, not to mention that the bill promoted the theft of Iraq's oil, failed to use the power of the purse to end the war, and allowed Bush to "waive" other measures he might not like.
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They (Retention Department), it turns out, were not willing to do anything for me short canceling my service (all the while telling me how they were willing to "waive" any penalty for cancellation).
XM Radio Keeps Billing After Customer Pays In Full, Shuts Him Off For Non-Payment - The Consumerist 2007
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The House legislation and the upcoming Senate bill contain points of accountability which are in the form of reporting requirements for Bush and the prospect that he could 'waive' the withdrawal provisions for a limited time and mission in the name of national security or a threat from al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Just extend your middle finger and 'waive' them away!
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence 2007
fbharjo commented on the word waive
here used in the sense of moving 'to and fro'
March 8, 2010