waiver
/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/US/ˈweɪ.vɚ/
waiver noun: the act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
Noun
waiver (plural waivers)
- The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
- 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.
- 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...2009 October 5, Christopher Jensen, “Critics Find Flaws in the Case Made by Ethanol Advocates”, in The New York Times
- relating to waivers
- Regula is another waiver-eligible player who could be lost when sent to the minors.2025 September 24, Allan Mitchell, “Stock watch: Where every Oilers prospect stands entering 2025-26 season”, in The Athletic, The New York Times, retrieved 06 Apr 2026
- They own first waiver priority, and if the season ended today, they’d have the best odds in the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery.2026 January 12, Thomas Drance, “What I’m hearing about Canucks’ plans to sell, scouting NHL Draft prospects and the rebuild”, in The Athletic, The New York Times, retrieved 06 Apr 2026
- 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.
- The process of waiving or outlawing a person.
Verb
waiver (third-person singular simple present waivers, present participle waivering, simple past and past participle waivered)
- To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
- {{quote-text|en|year=1987|publisher=US Department of Defense|title=AR 195-3 04/22/1987 Acceptance, Accreditation, and Release of United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Personnel
waiver meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
waiver in Tamil
- உரிமையை விடுதல் உரிமை விடுப்பு, விட்டுவிலகல் கைவிடு, ஓர் உரிமையை நடைமுறைப்படுத்தாமாலிருத்தல், தள்ளுபடி செய்பவர்
waiver in Urdu
- چشم پوشی, فسخ
waiver in Bengali
- অধিকার পরিত্যাগের বিবৃতি
waiver in Kannada
- ಮನ್ನಾ
More languagesFewer languages
- waiver in Tagalog
- panalikod
- waiver in Arabic
- تَنَازُل tanāzul, وَثِيقَةُ تَنَازُل waṯīqatu tanāzul, وَثِيقَةُ تَخَلّ waṯīqatu taḵall
- waiver in Malay
- penepian
- waiver in Indonesian
- penghapusan
Examples of waiver in a sentence
- The safeness of the new drug hadn't been proven, so it could only be used experimentally, and you had to sign a waiver accepting the risks.
- If Alex Petrovic beats him out for the No. 7 job, Kolyachonok could end up on waivers.
- Typically, the waiver wire process is 24 hours, but on cutdown day, it’s slightly shorter.
Forms of waiver
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | waivers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | waivers |
| present participle | waivering |
| past participle | waivered |
| past | waivered |
Origin of waiver
From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er.
Words formed from waiver
- waiverable
- waiverer
- biowaiver
- loan waiver
- nonwaiver
- waivered
- waiver wire
Phrases with waiver
Words that rhyme with waiver
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Questions about waiver
- What does waiver mean?
- Waiver means the act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
- What is waiver in Tamil?
- Waiver in Tamil is உரிமையை விடுதல் உரிமை விடுப்பு, விட்டுவிலகல் கைவிடு, ஓர் உரிமையை நடைமுறைப்படுத்தாமாலிருத்தல். See Waiver meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is waiver?
- Waiver can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce waiver?
- Waiver is pronounced /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of waiver?
- The plural of waiver is waivers.
Words near waiver in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waiver (page history and authors); waiver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiver (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiver (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiver (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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