waiver

Meanings

Noun

• 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).
• Something that releases a person from a requirement.
• The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

Verb

• To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
• Misspelling of waver

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628.