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Waive Common

Waive has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.

"The judge decided to waive her from all legal protections after she fled the country without trial."

Verb
1

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

"We are dispensing with formalities"

"relinquish the old ideas"

2

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

"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"

"forfeited property"

3

To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

"The tall grass began to waive in the gentle breeze as we walked through the field."

4

To move from side to side; to sway.

Example Sentences
"We are dispensing with formalities" verb
"relinquish the old ideas" verb
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor" verb
"forfeited property" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
lay claim
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abandon
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
kick lapse
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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