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1. (v.t.) waive
to refrain from claiming or insisting on; forgo:
to waive one's rank.
2. waive
to relinquish (a right) intentionally:
to waive an option.
3. waive
to put aside, esp. for the time; defer or dispense with:
to waive formalities.
4. waive
to dismiss from consideration or discussion.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME weyven < AF weyver to make a waif (of someone) by forsaking or outlawing (him or her))
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| Definition of 'waive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
2. (verb) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
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"
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| Definition of 'waive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) waive
a waif; a castaway
2. (verb) waive
a woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note
3. (verb) waive
to relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego
4. (verb) waive
to throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert
5. (verb) waive
to throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses
6. (verb) waive
to desert; to abandon
7. (verb) waive
to turn aside; to recede
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Sense: to give up or not insist upon (eg a claim or right)
He waived his claim to all the land north of the river.
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 Afrikaans: opgee |
 Arabic: يَتَنازَل، يَتَخَلّى عَن |
 Bulgarian: отказвам се от |
 Brazilian: desistir de |
 Czech: vzdát se |
 German: verzichten auf |
 Danish: frafalde |
 Greek: παραιτούμαι από |
 Spanish: renunciar (a), prescindir |
 Estonian: loovutama, loobuma |
 Farsi: چشم پوشيدن |
 Finnish: luopua |
 French: renoncer (à) |
 Hebrew: לְווַתֵר עַל- |
 Hindi: छोड़ना |
 Croatian: odreći se, odgoditi |
 Hungarian: lemond (vmiről) |
 Indonesian: melepaskan |
 Icelandic: afsala sér, falla frá |
 Italian: rinunciare a |
 Japanese: 放棄する |
 Korean: (권리, 주장 등을) 포기하다 |
 Lithuanian: atsisakyti |
 Latvian: atteikties no tiesībām |
 Malay: enggan menggunakan hak at |
 Dutch: opgeven |
 Norwegian: gi avkall på, frafalle, a |
 Polish: zrzec się |
 Persian: چشم پوشيدن |
 Pashto: لاس اخيستل، تيريدل ( له ي |
 Portuguese: desistir de |
 Romanian: a renunţa la |
 Russian: отказываться |
 Slovak: vzdať sa |
 Slovenian: odpovedati se |
 Serbian: odreći se |
 Swedish: avstå från, avsäga sig, g |
 Thai: สละสิทธิ์ |
 Turkish: vazgeçmek |
 Taiwanese: 放棄 |
 Ukrainian: відмовлятися |
 Urdu: دست بردار ہو جانا |
 Vietnamese: từ bỏ |
 Chinese: 放弃 |
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