The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.]
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To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all.
--Chaucer.We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
--Barrow. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
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(Law)
To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
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(O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon.
--Burrill.Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned.
--Burrill.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of waive English)
Usage examples of "waiving".
Enumerating many departures from common law procedure respecting jury trials, including provisions waiving the presence of an accused during portions of a trial, the Court emphasized that none of these changes had been construed as conflicting with the Fourteenth Amendment.
These positions are not elaborately defended now, because to vindicate them would imply a possibility of our waiving them.
He would have the opportunity at that time to put the state on notice that he was not waiving his right to a speedy trial.