waives
Meaning of waives
verb, 3rd person present
- refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim).
he will waive all rights to the money
Middle English (originally as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaiver ‘allow to become a waif, abandon’.
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Hyphenation of waives
waives
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- waives is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
waives synonyms
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning refuse or resign a right or position, especially one as an heir or trustee:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Meaning give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand:
Meaning produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):
Meaning give up (power or territory):
Meaning fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty):
Meaning solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim):
Meaning give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations:
Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
waives antonyms
Meaning state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof:
Meaning follow or chase (someone or something):
Anagrams of waives
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