Waiver

Noun

 * 1) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
 * 2)  A legal document releasing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).  Also used for such a form even before it is filled out and signed.
 * I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.
 * 1) Something that releases a person from a requirement.
 * I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses.
 * I needed a waiver from the zoning board for the house because the lot was so small, but they let me build because it was next to the park.

Derived terms

 * waivered

Verb
waiver


 * 1) See waive.
 * 1) See waive.

Thesaurus
OK, abandonment, abdication, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, admission, allowance, annulment, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cessation, cession, charter, circumscription, cold storage, concession, consent, countermand, counterorder, deed of release, defeasance, desistance, discontinuance, dispensation, dropping out, exception, exemption, extenuating circumstances, forbearance, forswearing, grain of salt, grant, handing over, hedge, hedging, invalidation, leave, liberty, license, limitation, mental reservation, modification, nonexercise, nullification, okay, patent, permission, permission to enter, qualification, quitclaim, recall, recantation, release, relinquishment, renege, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, reservation, resignation, restriction, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, salvo, setting aside, special case, special permission, special treatment, specialness, specification, surrender, suspension, ticket, ticket of admission, vacation, vacatur, voidance, voiding, vouchsafement, waiving, withdrawal, withdrawing, write-off, yielding

Etymology
weyver: from waiver: Date: 1628

Noun

 * Dutch: verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish: zrzeczenie się
 * Portuguese:, ,

Anagrams

 * wavier