waive

CEFRC1

/weɪv/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To choose not to use or require a right or rule.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Can you waive the fee for me?

  • Tom does not want to waive his right to a jury trial.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /wæɪv/
  • /weiv/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.

  2. To put aside, avoid.

  3. To outlaw (someone).

More examples

In context

  • If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.

  • […] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others

  • The federal government will ban the import of live northern snakeheads beginning Friday, waiving the normal 30-day waiting period

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Origin

verb

From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.