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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Waive \Waive\, n. [See Waive, v. t. ]
     1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] --Donne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the
        law. See Waive, v. t., 3
        (b), and the Note.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF.
     weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa
     to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf.
     Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or
        claim; to refuse; to forego.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all.  --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions,
              absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
                                                    --Barrow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Law)
        (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right
            which one may enforce if he chooses.
        (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as
           outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the
           proper sense of the word, because, according to
           Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a
           frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and
           held as abandoned. --Burrill.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Waive \Waive\, v. i.
     To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To waive from the word of Solomon.       --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Waive \Waive\, n. [See Waive, v. t. ]
     1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] --Donne.
  
     2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the
        law. See Waive, v. t., 3
        (b), and the Note.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF.
     weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa
     to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf.
     Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.]
     1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or
        claim; to refuse; to forego.
  
              He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all.  --Chaucer.
  
              We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions,
              absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
                                                    --Barrow.
  
     2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
  
     3. (Law)
        (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right
            which one may enforce if he chooses.
        (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill.
  
     Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as
           outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the
           proper sense of the word, because, according to
           Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a
           frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and
           held as abandoned. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Waive \Waive\, v. i.
     To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.]
  
           To waive from the word of Solomon.       --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  waive
       v 1: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing
            with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: relinquish,
             forgo, foreswear, dispense with]
       2: lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
          [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo]
          [ant: claim]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     Αγγλικά vb.
     παραιτούμαι από κάτι, πχ ένα δικαίωμα ή ένα αγαθό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up
  claim to; to forgo.
     2 # (lb en particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee
  which would otherwise be due.
     3 (lb en now rare) To put aside, avoid.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
     5 (lb en obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stray, wander.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete legal) A woman put out of the protection of the
  law; an outlawed woman.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up
  claim to; to forgo.
     2 # (lb en particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee
  which would otherwise be due.
     3 (lb en now rare) To put aside, avoid.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
     5 (lb en obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stray, wander.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete legal) A woman put out of the protection of the
  law; an outlawed woman.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up
  claim to; to forgo.
     2 # (lb en particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee
  which would otherwise be due.
     3 (lb en now rare) To put aside, avoid.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
     5 (lb en obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stray, wander.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete legal) A woman put out of the protection of the
  law; an outlawed woman.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up
  claim to; to forgo.
     2 # (lb en particularly) To relinquish claim on a payment or fee
  which would otherwise be due.
     3 (lb en now rare) To put aside, avoid.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
     5 (lb en obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To stray, wander.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete legal) A woman put out of the protection of the
  law; an outlawed woman.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     Englanti vb.
     luopua (syytteistä, vaatimuksista, oikeuksista)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  waive
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg formellt språk=en) avsäga sig, avstå ifrån

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/
  afsien van

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Waive /wˈeɪv/
  إترك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  waive //weɪv// 
  1. оставям настрани
  to put aside, avoid
  2. отказвам се
  to relinquish; to give up claim to

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/ 
  netrvat (netrvat na něčem)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/
   [eko] zříci se, odmítnout

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/ 
  abbedingen 
     Synonym: exclude by convention
  
   see: waiving, excluding by convention, waived, excluded by convention
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/ 
  nicht vollstrecken, nicht anwenden 
   see: waiving, waived
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  waive //weɪv// 
  luopua 2.
  to put aside, avoid
   3.
  to relinquish; to give up claim to

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/ 
  1. छोड़ना
        "They waived his tution fees"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/
  odreći, odreći se

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  waive /weiv/
  1. afzien van
  2. afstappen van

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  waive /weɪv/ 
    uchylać, zawieszać

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  waive /weiv/
  desistir de, renunciar a

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  waive //weɪv// 
  avstå från, avsäga sig
  to relinquish; to give up claim to

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  waive /wˈeɪv/
  1. iddiadan vaz geçmek, feragat etmek, sarfınazar etmek
  2. ertelemek tehir etmek
  3. (huk.) hakkından vaz geçmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈweɪv/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  WAIVE. A term applied to a woman as outlaw is applied to a man. A man is an 
  outlaw, a woman is a waive. T. L., Crabb's Tech. Dict. h.t. 
  
  To WAIVE. To abandon or forsake a right. 
       2. To waive signifies also to abandon without right; as "if the felon 
  waives, that is, leaves any goods in his flight from those who either pursue 
  him, or are apprehended by him so to do, he forfeits them, whether they be 
  his own goods, or goods stolen by him." Bac. Ab. Forfeiture, B. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  177 Moby Thesaurus words for "waive":
     abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, abstain,
     acknowledge defeat, adjourn, admit, admit exceptions, allow,
     allow for, annul, brush aside, cancel, cease, cede, chuck,
     chuck out, come off, concede, consider, consider the circumstances,
     consider the source, contemn, continue, contradict, countermand,
     counterorder, cry quits, cut out, decline, defer, delay, deny,
     desist, desist from, despise, disannul, disapprove, discard,
     disclaim, discontinue, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss,
     disown, dispense with, dispose of, disregard, disuse, do away with,
     do without, drag out, drop, dump, except, exclude, extend, forbear,
     forgo, forswear, get along without, get rid of, give away,
     give over, give up, grant, hand over, hang fire, hang up,
     have done with, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, ignore,
     invalidate, keep back, keep in hand, kiss good-bye, lay aside,
     lay by, lay down, lay over, leave, leave off, let alone, let go,
     lift temporarily, make a sacrifice, make allowance for, make void,
     nol-pros, not pursue with, not touch, not use, nullify, override,
     overrule, part with, pass by, pass up, pigeonhole, postpone,
     prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, provide for, push aside,
     put aside, put behind one, put off, put on ice, quit, quitclaim,
     rebuff, recall, recant, recess, refrain, refuse,
     refuse to consider, reject, relax, relax the condition, relinquish,
     render up, renege, renounce, repeal, repel, repudiate, repulse,
     rescind, reserve, resign, retract, reverse, revoke, sacrifice,
     save, scout, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, shove away,
     sleep on, spare, spurn, stand over, stave off, stay, stop,
     stretch out, surrender, suspend, swear off, table, take a recess,
     take account of, take into account, take into consideration,
     throw away, throw out, throw up, turn away, turn out, turn up,
     vacate, void, withdraw, write off, yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 免除;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 免除,放弃,推迟考虑,丢弃

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