waive

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
2. (transitive) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
3. (archaic) To put aside, avoid.
4. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
5. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).

Noun

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

Synonyms

relinquish

forgo

give up

renounce

abandon

forego

dispense with

foreswear

disclaim

quit

forfeit

put away

lay

put off

abnegate

throw overboard

expose

surrender

give

take off

put down

dump

exempt

get rid of

ignore

kidnap

lapse

part with

postpone

remise

remove

renunciation

repeal

rescind

resign

rid

scrap

seize

sign away

take

take away

tergiversate

undo

unmake

apostatise

go without

relinquish to

delete

exclude by convention

abandonment

Translations

renunciar

afzien van

παραιτούμαι

verzichten

abandonner

bergen

wegzetten

opgeven

aufgeben

opbergen

bewaren

wegleggen

togliere

renoncer

afdoen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: weyven

In summary

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.