Waive

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt A waif; a castaway.

II. Waive ·vi To turn aside; to Recede.

III. Waive ·vt To Desert; to Abandon.

IV. Waive ·vt A woman put out of the protection of the law. ·see Waive, ·vt, 3 (b), and the Note.

V. Waive ·vt To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

VI. Waive ·vt To throw away; to cast off; to Reject; to Desert.

VII. Waive ·vt To Relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to Refuse; to Forego.

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