waiver

Meaning

Noun

1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
2. A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
3. Something that releases a person from a requirement.
4. (obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

Verb

1. (transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of waver.

Synonyms

renunciation

hesitate

abandonment

discharge

release

relinquishment

surrender

resignation

quitclaim deed

notice of abandonment

abandoning

exclusion by convention

abdication

disclaimer

dismissal

exemption

rejection

renouncement

Translations

renonciation

renuncia

Verzicht

renúncia

abandono

dérogation

rinuncia

dispense

exemption

desistência

abandono

exonération

rinunzia

παραίτηση

إعفاء

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er.