waive
verb /weɪv/
/weɪv/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they waive | /weɪv/ /weɪv/ |
| he / she / it waives | /weɪvz/ /weɪvz/ |
| past simple waived | /weɪvd/ /weɪvd/ |
| past participle waived | /weɪvd/ /weɪvd/ |
| -ing form waiving | /ˈweɪvɪŋ/ /ˈweɪvɪŋ/ |
- waive something to choose not to demand something in a particular case, even though you have a legal or official right to do so synonym forgo
- He waived his right to appeal against the verdict.
- We have decided to waive the tuition fees in your case.
- He has agreed to waive his rights to the money.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaive is used with these nouns as the object:- charge
- claim
- confidentiality
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaiver ‘allow to become a waif, abandon’.