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waive

verb
/weɪv/

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.

  1. derived from waif — “waif”
  2. derived from weyver — “to abandon, allow to become a waif”
  3. inherited from weyven — “to avoid, renounce”

Definitions

  1. To relinquish (a right etc.)

    To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

    • If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
    • The federal government will ban the import of live northern snakeheads beginning Friday, waiving the normal 30-day waiting period

  2. To put aside, avoid.

    • […] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others

  3. To outlaw (someone).

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To abandon, give up (someone or something).

      • but she might be waived, and held as abandoned.

    2. To move from side to side

      To move from side to side; to sway.

    3. To stray, wander.

    4. A woman put out of the protection of the law

      A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.

    5. A waif

      A waif; a castaway.

      • But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?

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Derived

waivable, waiver

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at waive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01waive02right03change04replace05pay06discharge07forgive

A definitional loop anchored at waive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at waive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA