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ALL meanings of waive

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  • transitive verb waive law: right 1
  • transitive verb waive requirement, fee 1
  • verb with object waive to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors. 1
  • verb with object waive Law. to relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally. 1
  • verb with object waive to put aside for the time; defer; postpone; dispense with: to waive formalities. 1
  • verb with object waive to put aside or dismiss from consideration or discussion: waiving my attempts to explain. 1
  • noun waive Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim). 1
  • noun waive (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. 0
  • noun waive (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A waif; a castaway. 0
  • noun waive Obsolete form of waif. 0
  • verb waive (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To outlaw (someone). 0
  • verb waive (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To abandon, give up (someone or something). 0
  • verb waive (Transitive Verb) (law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. 0
  • verb waive (now rare) To put aside, avoid. 0
  • verb waive (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To move from side to side; to sway. 0
  • verb waive (Intransitive Verb) OBS To stray, wander. 0
  • verb waive If you waive your right to something, for example legal representation, you choose not to have it or do it. 0
  • verb waive If someone waives a rule, they say that people do not have to obey it in a particular situation. 0
  • verb waive to set aside or relinquish 0
  • verb waive to refrain from enforcing (a claim) or applying (a law, penalty, etc) 0
  • verb waive to defer 0
  • verb transitive waive to give up or forgo (a right, claim, privilege, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive waive to refrain from insisting on or taking advantage of 0
  • verb transitive waive to put off until later; postpone; defer 0
  • verb transitive waive to forgo or relinquish voluntarily (a right, privilege, claim, etc. which one is legally entitled to enforce) 0
  • verb transitive waive to put (a player) on waivers 0
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