Synonyms of the word waive


WAIVEABANDON - FORESWEAR - FORFEIT - FORGO - RELINQUISH

waive

  • v. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
  • v. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
  • v. (transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
  • v. (now rare) To put aside, avoid.
  • v. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To stray, wander.
  • n. (obsolete, law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
  • n. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

abandon

  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
  • v. (transitive) To give up control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
  • v. (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to…
  • v. (transitive) To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
  • v. (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming…
  • v. (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
  • n. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation…
  • n. (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
  • adv. (obsolete, not comparable) Freely; entirely.

foreswear

  • v. Alternative spelling of forswear.

forfeit

  • n. A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
  • n. A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is…
  • n. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.
  • v. To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance.
  • v. To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend…
  • v. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
  • v. To fail to keep an obligation.
  • adj. Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

forgo

  • v. To let pass, to leave alone.
  • v. To do without, to abandon.
  • v. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

relinquish

  • v. (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
  • v. (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
  • v. (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
  • v. (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

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