English Explanatory Dictionary

waive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
  2. To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
  3. To release [a player] onto the waiver wire
  4. To put aside, avoid.
  5. To outlaw (someone).
  6. To abandon, give up (someone or something).
verb
  1. To move from side to side; to sway.
  2. To stray, wander.
noun
  1. A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
  2. A waif; a castaway.

Pronunciation

wāv /weɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waive.wav /wɛjv/ /wev/

Word forms

waive waives waiving waived wave

Etymology

From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.

Synonyms

abandon abdicate abjure cede dismiss disregard dissolve forgo give up let go put aside relinquish renounce surrender terminate yield

Antonyms

accept admit approve submit

Related words

waiver waif

Derived words

waivable waiver

Translations

Bulgarian: отказвам се Dutch: afzien van Dutch: laten varen Dutch: opgeven Dutch: verzaken Finnish: luopua French: renoncer à German: verzichten German: aufgeben Hungarian: lemond Hungarian: nem vesz igénybe Hungarian: nem él (vele) Hungarian: felad Italian: rinunciare Māori: tuku Polish: zrezygnować Russian: отка́зываться Spanish: dispensar Spanish: renunciar a Spanish: no aplicar Spanish: no exigir Spanish: prescindir de Spanish: exonerar de Swedish: avsäga sig Swedish: avstå från
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