waive
pronunciation
How to pronounce waive in British English:
UK [weɪv]
How to pronounce waive in American English:
US [weɪv]
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- Verb:
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Word Origin
- waive
- waive: [13] To waive something is etymologically to make a ‘waif’ of it. The word comes from Anglo-Norman weyver, a derivative of the noun weif (source of English waif [14]). This originally meant ‘ownerless property’, and so the verb came to be used for ‘abandon’. Its specific application in English to ‘relinquishing a right’ emerged in English in the 15th century. Anglo-Norman weif itself was ultimately of Scandinavian origin.=> waif
- waive (v.)
- c. 1300, "deprive of legal protection," from Anglo-French weyver "to abandon, waive" (Old French guever "to abandon, give back"), probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse veifa "to swing about," from Proto-Germanic *waif- (see waif). In Middle English legal language, used of rights, goods, or women. If the defendant be a woman, the proceeding is called a waiver; for as women were not sworn to the law by taking the oath of allegiance in the leet (as men anciently were when of the age of twelve years and upwards), they could not properly be outlawed, but were said to be waived, i.e., derelicta, left out, or not regarded. [from section subtitled "Outlawry" in J.J.S. Wharton, "Law-Lexicon, or Dictionary of Jurisprudence," London, 1867] Related: Waived; waiving.
Example
- 1. The boe can simply waive its rights under this letter .
- 2. Ah , take the cash in hand and waive the rest ;
- 3. The rubber-stamp parliament eliminated term limits , granted him lifetime immunity from prosecution and , early this year , approved a popular referendum that would waive all presidential elections until 2020 .
- 4. Some mutual funds will waive or reduce their initial investment requirement if you make regular deposits .
- 5. Specifically , he said , australia needs to waive its english requirements .