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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Waive

/wāv/ · IPA /weɪv/
01 n. A waif; a castaway.
  1. 1.
    A waif; a castaway.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.(O. Eng. Law) See: Waive
02 v. t. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving
  1. 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. 2.
    To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
  3. 3.
    To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.(Law)
03 v. i. To turn aside; to recede.
  1. 1.
    To turn aside; to recede.[Obs.]
    “To waive from the word of Solomon.” — Chaucer.