Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to waive
Participle: waived
Gerund: waiving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | waive |
| you | waive |
| he;she;it | waives |
| we | waive |
| you | waive |
| they | waive |
Perfect
| I | have waived |
| you | have waived |
| he;she;it | has waived |
| we | have waived |
| you | have waived |
| they | have waived |
Past
| I | waived |
| you | waived |
| he;she;it | waived |
| we | waived |
| you | waived |
| they | waived |
Pluperfect
| I | had waived |
| you | had waived |
| he;she;it | had waived |
| we | had waived |
| you | had waived |
| they | had waived |
Future
| I | will waive |
| you | will waive |
| he;she;it | will waive |
| we | will waive |
| you | will waive |
| they | will waive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have waived |
| you | will have waived |
| he;she;it | will have waived |
| we | will have waived |
| you | will have waived |
| they | will have waived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | waive |
| you | waive |
| he;she;it | waive |
| we | waive |
| you | waive |
| they | waive |
Perfect
| I | have waived |
| you | have waived |
| he;she;it | have waived |
| we | have waived |
| you | have waived |
| they | have waived |
Imperfect
| I | waived |
| you | waived |
| he;she;it | waived |
| we | waived |
| you | waived |
| they | waived |
Pluperfect
| I | had waived |
| you | had waived |
| he;she;it | had waived |
| we | had waived |
| you | had waived |
| they | had waived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would waive |
| you | would waive |
| he;she;it | would waive |
| we | would waive |
| you | would waive |
| they | would waive |
Perfect
| I | would have waived |
| you | would have waived |
| he;she;it | would have waived |
| we | would have waived |
| you | would have waived |
| they | would have waived |
Imperative
| you | waive |
| we | Let's waive |
| you | waive |
Verbs conjugated like 'waive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'waive'
waile,
waite,
waiver,
wave,
weive,
wive,
baize,
bive,
calve,
carve,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to keep away from
- abjure, avert, avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evitate, get away from, mithe, shun, shy away from, sidestep, skirt, steer clear
- relinquish
- renounce, forgo, resign, remit, demit, surrender
- postpone
- defer, shelve, table, prorogue
Antonyms
- to give money, or other compensation, in exchange for goods or services
- buy, default, discharge, earn, levant, repudiate, steal, pay, welsh
- relinquish
- keep, pursue, perpetuate, persevere
- postpone
- prolong, extend, pursue, persist
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from Anglo-Fr.
weyver "to abandon, waive," O.Fr.
weyver, guever "to abandon, give back," probably from a Scand. source akin to O.N.
veifa "to swing about," from P.Gmc.
*waibijanan (see waif). In M.E. legal language, used of rights, goods, or women.
Waiver "act of waiving" is from 1628 (modern usage is often short for
waiver clause); baseball
waivers is recorded from 1907.
2. 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. See: Middle English '
weyven'.
Sample Sentences
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If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
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Exhibiting what the dramatic critics call a "fine restraint," he waives his timely opportunity for discourse upon the celebrated gyascutus, which, as any Northwestern tourist will tell you, haunts the slopes of the most precipitous mountains—always evading capture because its legs, shorter on the one side of the body than on the other, are peculiarly adapted to scooting up an inclined plane. [1907, John Ames Mitchell, Life - Volume 50, page 270:]
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The federal government will ban the import of live northern snakeheads beginning Friday, waiving the normal 30-day waiting period [2002 March 10, Kory Dodd, “Feds Announce Regs to Ban 'Frankenfish' Imports”, in FOX News:]
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While there’s no reliable data on micro-housing, some notable policies and projects are popping up on that front too. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments. [2016 December 28, Dan Hernandez, “Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?”, in The Guardian:]
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Nearly 1,200 players will be cut, waived, or sent packing, and the scramble to land on a practice squad or catch on elsewhere will move fast. [2025 August 24, Ryan Miller, “NFL roster cuts 2025: What to know about 53-man deadline, waivers, and practice squads”, in Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:]
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Jaden Ivey has played his last game in Chicago, with the Bulls waiving Ivey following his controversial comments on social media about the LGBTQ community. [2026 March 31, Chris Mannix, “Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks Future, Jaden Ivey’s Ugly Exit”, in Sports Illustrated:]
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[…] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others [a. 1683, Isaac Barrow, Sermon LIX, “Of obedience to our spiritual guides and governors”]
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but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. [1851, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, Law Dictionary and Glossary:]