Waive

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] Donne.

2. A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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. To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law)

4. To desert; to abandon. Burrill.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.] To waive from the word of Solomon. Chaucer.