waiver

waiv-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An act or instance of voluntarily giving up a right or claim.

  2. 2.

    A document recording such a waiver.

  3. 3.

    (Sports) A process by which a player is released from one team and may be claimed by another.

Forms

plural: waivers

Related words

See also: disclaimer, release, waive
Synonyms: disclaimer, release, renunciation

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman French, from weyver meaning "to waive, abandon." See waive.