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Waive [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A woman put out of the protection of the law.

Waive [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To turn aside; to recede.

Waive [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A waif; a castaway.

2. A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

3. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

4. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.

5. To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

6. To desert; to abandon.

Waived [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Waive

Waiver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

Lateness Roget’s Thesaurus §133

N. {ant. 132} lateness, tardiness, delay, delation, cunctation, procrastination, deferring, deferral, postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution, protraction, prolongation, fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case, leeway, high time, moratorium, holdover

V. be late, tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time, dawdle, linger, loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend, table, shift off, stave off, waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, dally, prolong, protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out, prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve, temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently, await, sit up, sit up at night

Adj. late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely, delayed, postponed, dilatory, delayed, in abeyance

Adv. late, lateward, backward, late in the day, at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last, ultimately, after time, behind time, after the deadline, too late, too late for, slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure, ex post facto, sine die

Phr. nonum prematur in annum, "against the sunbeams serotine and lucent", ie meglio tardi che mai, deliberando saepe perit occasio

Absence of Choice Roget’s Thesaurus §609a

N. no choice, hobson's choice, first come # first served, random selection, necessity, not a pin to choose, any, the first that comes, that or nothing, neutrality, indifference, indecision, arbitrariness, coercion (compulsion) 744

V. be neutral, have no choice, have no election, waive, not vote, abstain from voting, refrain from voting, leave undecided, "make a virtue of necessity"

Adj. neutral, neuter, indifferent, uninterested, undecided

Adv. either

Phr. who cares? what difference does it make? "there's not a dime's worth of difference between them."

Disuse Roget’s Thesaurus §678

N. forbearance, abstinence, disuse, relinquishment, desuetude, disusage

V. not use, do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect, keep back, reserve, lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary, lay up in a napkin, shelve, set aside, put aside, lay aside, disuse, leave off, have done with, supersede, discard, dismiss, give warning, throw aside, make away with, cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard, cast to the dogs, cast to the winds, dismantle, lie unemployed, remain unemployed &c

Adj. adj, not used, unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled, uncalled for, not required, disused, done with