WAIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waive mean? 

• WAIVE (verb)
  The verb WAIVE has 2 senses:

1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to

2. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

  Familiarity information: WAIVE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAIVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they waive    ... he / she / it waives   
Past simple: waived   
Past participle: waived   
-ing form: waiving   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dispense with; forego; foreswear; forgo; relinquish; waive

Context example:

relinquish the old ideas

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waive"):

give up; kick (stop consuming)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

forego; forfeit; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive

Context example:

forfeited property

Hypernyms (to "waive" is one way to...):

abandon (forsake, leave behind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waive"):

lapse (let slip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)

 Context examples 

“I know, I know,” she waived my protest.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She believed she must waive the subject altogether.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I waived that question, and returned to the Murdstones.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The operating authorities provided to grantees under certain research grant mechanisms that waive the requirement for NIH prior approval for specific actions i.e., change budget categories amounts.

(Expanded Authorities, NCI Thesaurus)

In 2001-2002, when West-European entry visas for Romanian nationals were waived, the Romanian PGR dropped from -0.11% to a dramatic -2.66%.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

Ladies and gentlemen—I am ordered by Miss Woodhouse to say, that she waives her right of knowing exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only requires something very entertaining from each of you, in a general way.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

In as short a time as Mr. Collins's long speeches would allow, everything was settled between them to the satisfaction of both; and as they entered the house he earnestly entreated her to name the day that was to make him the happiest of men; and though such a solicitation must be waived for the present, the lady felt no inclination to trifle with his happiness.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Far off, in the centre of the camp, a huge palace of red and white silk, with the royal arms of Castile waiving from the summit, announced that the gallant Henry lay there in the midst of his warriors.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Waiving that point, however, and supposing her to be, as you describe her, only pretty and good-natured, let me tell you, that in the degree she possesses them, they are not trivial recommendations to the world in general, for she is, in fact, a beautiful girl, and must be thought so by ninety-nine people out of an hundred; and till it appears that men are much more philosophic on the subject of beauty than they are generally supposed; till they do fall in love with well-informed minds instead of handsome faces, a girl, with such loveliness as Harriet, has a certainty of being admired and sought after, of having the power of chusing from among many, consequently a claim to be nice.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)