Word Meanings - WAIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 , and the Note. (more info) 1. A waif; a castaway. Donne.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WAIVE)

• Defer
• Delay
• postpone
• waive
• adjourn
• prorogue
• put off
• retard
• procrastinate
• protract
• hinder
• prolong
• Forego
• Waive
• drop
• abandon
• abjure
• renounce
• give up
• relinquish
• yield
• surrender
• resign

Related words: (words related to WAIVE)

• RESIGNATION
  1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• RESIGNED
  Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.
• PROTRACTIVE
  Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• DEFERENTIALLY
  With deference.
• RENOUNCE
  Act of renouncing.
• RESIGNER
  One who resigns.
• YIELDING
  Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. --
• RESIGNEDLY
  With submission.
• HINDEREST
  Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer.
• FOREGO
  1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach,
• WAIVE
  A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 , and the Note. (more info) 1. A waif; a castaway. Donne.
• PROTRACT
  Tedious continuance or delay. Spenser.
• PROLONGE
  A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.
• ABJUREMENT
  Renunciation.
• POSTPONE
  1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be
• HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
  Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See
• POSTPONER
  One who postpones.
• DEFERENTIAL
  Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• READJOURN
  To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
• PROCRASTINATE
  To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More. Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak. Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay;