To refuse; forsake; decline; shun.To move; remove; push aside.To relinquish; forsake; forbear to insist on or claim; defer for the present; forgo: as, to waive a subject; to waive a claim or privilege.In law:To relinquish intentionally (a known right), or intentionally to do an act inconsistent with claiming (it). See waiver.To throw away, as a thief stolen goods in his flight.In old English law, to put out of the protection of the law, as a woman.To depart; deviate.n. A waif; a poor homeless wretch; a castaway.n. In law, a woman put out of the protection of the law.