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

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain