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Definition waive

Etymology 1

From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from waif (“waif”).

Verb

waive (third-person singular simple present waives, present participle waiving, simple past and past participle waived)

  1. (transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
    1. (particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
  2. (now rare) To put aside, avoid.
  3. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
  4. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).

Etymology 2

From Middle English weyven (“to wave, waver”), from Old Norse veifa (“to wave, swing”) (Norwegian veiva), from Proto-Germanic *waibijan?.

Verb

waive (third-person singular simple present waives, present participle waiving, simple past and past participle waived)

  1. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To stray, wander.

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman waive, probably as the past participle of weyver, as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

waive (plural waives)

  1. (obsolete, law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
  2. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

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