waive

relinquish a right voluntarily: waive his right to a jury trial; dispense with; forgo: waive a fee
Not to be confused with:wave – surf; whitecap; undulate: wave a flag; to signal with the hand: wave good-bye

waive

W0010900 (wāv)tr.v. waived, waiv·ing, waives 1. To give up (a claim or right, for example) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish.2. To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with: "The original ban on private trading had long since been waived" (William L. Schurz).3. To refrain from engaging in, sometimes temporarily; cancel or postpone: Let's waive our discussion of that problem.4. Sports To place (a player) on waivers.

[Middle English weiven, to abandon, from Anglo-Norman weyver, from waif, ownerless property; see waif¹.]

waive

(weɪv) vb (tr) 1. to set aside or relinquish: to waive one's right to something. 2. (Law) to refrain from enforcing (a claim) or applying (a law, penalty, etc)3. to defer[C13: from Old Northern French weyver, from waif abandoned; see waif]

waive

(weɪv)

v.t. waived, waiv•ing. 1. to refrain from claiming or insisting on; forgo: to waive one's rank. 2. to relinquish (a right) intentionally: to waive an option. 3. to put aside, esp. for the time; defer or dispense with: to waive formalities. 4. to dismiss from consideration or discussion. [1250–1300; Middle English weyven < Anglo-French weyver to make a waif (of someone) by forsaking or outlawing (him or her)]

waive

Past participle: waived
Gerund: waiving

Imperative
waive
waive

Present
I waive
you waive
he/she/it waives
we waive
you waive
they waive

Preterite
I waived
you waived
he/she/it waived
we waived
you waived
they waived

Present Continuous
I am waiving
you are waiving
he/she/it is waiving
we are waiving
you are waiving
they are waiving

Present Perfect
I have waived
you have waived
he/she/it has waived
we have waived
you have waived
they have waived

Past Continuous
I was waiving
you were waiving
he/she/it was waiving
we were waiving
you were waiving
they were waiving

Past Perfect
I had waived
you had waived
he/she/it had waived
we had waived
you had waived
they had waived

Future
I will waive
you will waive
he/she/it will waive
we will waive
you will waive
they will waive

Future Perfect
I will have waived
you will have waived
he/she/it will have waived
we will have waived
you will have waived
they will have waived

Future Continuous
I will be waiving
you will be waiving
he/she/it will be waiving
we will be waiving
you will be waiving
they will be waiving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been waiving
you have been waiving
he/she/it has been waiving
we have been waiving
you have been waiving
they have been waiving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waiving
you will have been waiving
he/she/it will have been waiving
we will have been waiving
you will have been waiving
they will have been waiving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been waiving
you had been waiving
he/she/it had been waiving
we had been waiving
you had been waiving
they had been waiving

Conditional
I would waive
you would waive
he/she/it would waive
we would waive
you would waive
they would waive

Past Conditional
I would have waived
you would have waived
he/she/it would have waived
we would have waived
you would have waived
they would have waived

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"foreswear, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, foregokick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
	2.	waive - 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"forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo, foregoabandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

waive

verb1. give up, relinquish, renounce, forsake, drop, abandon, resign, yield, surrender, set aside, dispense with, cede, forgo He pled guilty to the charges and waived his right to appeal.
give up claim, demand, press (for), pursue, insist on, profess2. disregard, ignore, discount, overlook, set aside, pass over, dispense with, brush aside, turn a blind eye to, forgo The council has agreed to waive certain statutory planning regulations.

waive

verb1. To give up a possession, claim, or right:abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, yield.2. To put off until a later time:adjourn, defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table.Informal: wait.Idiom: put on ice.

Translations

放弃取消

waive

(weiv) 1. to give up or not insist upon (eg a claim or right). He waived his claim to all the land north of the river.放弃2. not to demand or enforce (a fine, penalty etc). The judge waived the sentence and let him go free.取消

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Waive

To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered.

For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such a wrong.

waive

v. to voluntarily give up a right, including not enforcing a term of a contract (such as insisting on payment on an exact date), or knowingly giving up a legal right such as a speedy trial, a jury trial or a hearing on extradition (the transfer to another state's jurisdiction of one accused of a crime in the other state). (See: waiver)

WAIVE. A term applied to a woman as outlaw is applied to a man. A man is an outlaw, a woman is a waive. T. L., Crabb's Tech. Dict. h.t.

TO WAIVE. To abandon or forsake a right.
2. To waive signifies also to abandon without right; as "if the felon waives, that is, leaves any goods in his flight from those who either pursue him, or are apprehended by him so to do, he forfeits them, whether they be his own goods, or goods stolen by him." Bac. Ab. Forfeiture, B.

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verb give up

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verb disregard

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verb to give up a possession, claim, or right

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verb to put off until a later time

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verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to

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verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

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