Found 3 items, similar to Waive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: waive melepaskan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: waive 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Waive 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] 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] Waive \Waive\, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To waive from the word of Solomon. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]