Associations to the word «Waive»

Wiktionary

WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
WAIVE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
WAIVE, verb. (now rare) To put aside, avoid.
WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
WAIVE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To stray, wander.
WAIVE, noun. (obsolete) (legal) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
WAIVE, noun. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.
WAIVE, noun. Obsolete form of waif.

Dictionary definition

WAIVE, verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas".
WAIVE, verb. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.