waive
Plural: waives
Verb
Verb Forms: waived, waiving, waives
- To intentionally give up a right, claim, or privilege.
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
- To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
- To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
- To put aside, avoid.
- To outlaw (someone).
- To abandon, give up (someone or something).
- To move from side to side; to sway.
- To stray, wander.
Noun
- A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
- A waif; a castaway.
Examples
- He chose to waive his turn, hoping for better tiles on his next draw in Scrabble.
- If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.
Synonyms
dispense with, forego, foreswear, forfeit, forgo, give up, relinquish, throw overboard, abandon, abdicate, abjure, cede, dismiss, disregard, dissolve, let go, put aside, renounce, surrender, terminate, yield
Scrabble Score: 11
waive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwaive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
waive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary