Associations to the word «Waive»

Wiktionary

WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
WAIVE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
WAIVE, verb. (now rare) To put aside, avoid.
WAIVE, verb. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
WAIVE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To stray, wander.
WAIVE, noun. (obsolete) (legal) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
WAIVE, noun. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.
WAIVE, noun. Obsolete form of waif.

Dictionary definition

WAIVE, verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas".
WAIVE, verb. 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".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras