waiver

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪ.vɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
• Homophone: waver

Noun

waiver (plural waivers)

1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
2. (law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).

   I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.

   • 2007 August 30, Ben Shpigel, “Martínez to Audition for Mets’ Brain Trust”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.

   • 2009 May 10, Christopher Jensen, “Critics Find Flaws in the Case Made by Ethanol Advocates”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Growth Energy sent the entire report to the E.P.A., but the summary it provided with its formal waiver request — and uses in press materials — said that when using E15 and E20, “there were no significant changes in vehicle tailpipe emissions, vehicle drivability or small nonroad engine emissions as ethanol content increased.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:waiver.
3. 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.

4. (obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

Derived terms

• waivered
• loan waiver
• waiver wire

Translations

the act of waiving

• Bulgarian: отказ (bg) m (otkaz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棄權／弃权 (zh) (qìquán)

• Dutch: verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling
• Finnish: luopuminen (fi)
• German: Verzicht (de) m
• Hungarian: lemondás (hu), feladás (hu)
• Indonesian: penghapusan (id)
• Italian: rinuncia (it) f, esonero (it) m
• Malay: penepian
• Polish: zrzeczenie się
• Portuguese: abdicação (pt) f, desistência (pt) f, renúncia (pt) f
• Russian: отка́з (ru) m (otkáz) (от права, требования), освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije) (exemption)
• Spanish: exención (es) f, renuncia (es) f, descargo (es) m
• Swedish: friskrivning c

legal document

• Arabic: تَنَازُل m (tanāzul), وَثِيقَةُ تَنَازُل f (waṯīqatu tanāzul), وَثِيقَةُ تَخَلّ f (waṯīqatu taḵall)
• Bulgarian: писмен отказ от претенции (pismen otkaz ot pretencii)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棄權證書／弃权证书 (qìquán zhèngshū)

• Finnish: vastuuvapautussopimus (contract); vastuuvapauslauseke (fi) (clause)
• Hungarian: jogfeladás, lemondó nyilatkozat
• Indonesian: penghapusan (id)
• Italian: liberatoria (it) f
• Malay: penepian
• Polish: odstąpienie (pl) n
• Spanish: exención (es) f, renuncia (es) f, consentimiento (es) m
• Tagalog: panalikod

something that releases a person from a requirement

• Finnish: erivapaus (fi), poikkeuslupa, vastuuvapautus
• Hungarian: felmentés (hu), elengedés (hu), mentesség (hu)
• Indonesian: penghapusan (id)
• Malay: penepian
• Spanish: exención (es) f
• Tagalog: panalikod

See also

• waiver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

waiver (third-person singular simple present waivers, present participle waivering, simple past and past participle waivered)

1. (transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
   • 1987, AR 195-3 04/22/1987 Acceptance, Accreditation, and Release of United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Personnel, US Department of Defense:

     The USACIDC Accreditation Division will conduct an annual reconciliation of the individual's academic achievement, through his or her unit commander, until he or she meets the waivered civilian education requirement.

2. Misspelling of waver.

Derived terms

• waiverable

Translations

to forgo, to relinquish

• Maori: tuku

Anagrams

• wavier

Old French

Verb

waiver

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of weyver

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of waiver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		waiver			avoir waivé
gerund		en waivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		waivant
past participle		waivé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	waif	waives	waive	waivons	waivez	waivent
	imperfect	waivoie, waiveie, waivoe, waiveve	waivoies, waiveies, waivoes, waiveves	waivoit, waiveit, waivot, waiveve	waiviiens, waiviens	waiviiez, waiviez	waivoient, waiveient, waivoent, waivevent
	preterite	waivai	waivas	waiva	waivames	waivastes	waiverent
	future	waiverai	waiveras	waivera	waiverons	waiveroiz, waivereiz, waiverez	waiveront
	conditional	waiveroie, waivereie	waiveroies, waivereies	waiveroit, waivereit	waiveriiens, waiveriens	waiveriiez, waiveriez	waiveroient, waivereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	waif	wais	wait	waivons	waivez	waivent
	imperfect	waivasse	waivasses	waivast	waivissons, waivissiens	waivissoiz, waivissez, waivissiez	waivassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	waive	—	waivons	waivez	—

References

• waiver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Noun

waiver m (plural waivers or #)

1. waiver