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Added 9 October 2026

waive

/weɪv/ verb

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To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due.
To release [a player] onto the waiver wire

verb

To move from side to side; to sway.
To stray, wander.

noun

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

Origin

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.

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