"waiver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈweɪ.vɚ/ [US] Forms: waivers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|weyver}} Anglo-Norman weyver, {{m|fro|waiver}} waiver Head templates: {{en-noun}} waiver (plural waivers)
  1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. Translations (the act of waiving): отказ (otkaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 棄權 (Chinese Mandarin), 弃权 (qìquán) (Chinese Mandarin), verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling (Dutch), luopuminen (Finnish), Verzicht [masculine] (German), lemondás (Hungarian), feladás (Hungarian), rinuncia [feminine] (Italian), esonero [masculine] (Italian), zrzeczenie się (Polish), abdicação [feminine] (Portuguese), desistência [feminine] (Portuguese), renúncia [feminine] (Portuguese), отка́з (otkáz) (alt: от права, требования) [masculine] (Russian), освобожде́ние (osvoboždénije) (english: exemption) [neuter] (Russian), exención [feminine] (Spanish), renuncia [feminine] (Spanish), descargo [masculine] (Spanish), friskrivning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-noun-VPxiYKnW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 23 10 23 4 6 Disambiguation of 'the act of waiving': 72 9 1 18
  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). Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal document): تَنَازُل (tanāzul) [masculine] (Arabic), وَثِيقَةُ تَنَازُل (waṯīqatu tanāzul) [feminine] (Arabic), وَثِيقَةُ تَخَلّ (waṯīqatu taḵall) [feminine] (Arabic), писмен отказ от претенции (pismen otkaz ot pretencii) (Bulgarian), 棄權證書 (Chinese Mandarin), 弃权证书 (qìquán zhèngshū) (Chinese Mandarin), vastuuvapautussopimus (english: contract) (Finnish), vastuuvapauslauseke (note: clause) (Finnish), jogfeladás (Hungarian), lemondó nyilatkozat (Hungarian), liberatoria [feminine] (Italian), odstąpienie [neuter] (Polish), exención [feminine] (Spanish), renuncia [feminine] (Spanish), consentimiento [masculine] (Spanish), panalikod (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-noun-5e5UtfNe Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal document': 5 88 6 1
  3. Something that releases a person from a requirement. Translations (something that releases a person from a requirement): erivapaus (Finnish), poikkeuslupa (Finnish), vastuuvapautus (Finnish), felmentés (Hungarian), elengedés (Hungarian), mentesség (Hungarian), exención [feminine] (Spanish), panalikod (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-noun-9WdOaySd Disambiguation of 'something that releases a person from a requirement': 1 6 78 15
  4. (obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-noun-AwWPtzqh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: waivered, loan waiver, waiver wire

Verb

IPA: /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈweɪ.vɚ/ [US] Forms: waivers [present, singular, third-person], waivering [participle, present], waivered [participle, past], waivered [past]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|weyver}} Anglo-Norman weyver, {{m|fro|waiver}} waiver Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-verb-clD4RJ1c
  2. Misspelling of waver. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: waver
    Sense id: en-waiver-en-verb-1BPNL7F5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: waiverable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waiving",
          "waive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "waiving",
          "waiving"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "liability",
          "liability"
        ],
        [
          "blameless",
          "blameless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that releases a person from a requirement."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of waiving or outlawing a person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waiving",
          "waive"
        ],
        [
          "outlaw",
          "outlaw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪ.vɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "waver"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkaz",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отказ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "棄權"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìquán",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "弃权"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "luopuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "lemondás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "feladás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rinuncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esonero"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "word": "zrzeczenie się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abdicação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desistência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "renúncia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "от права, требования",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáz",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "exemption",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvoboždénije",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "освобожде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "renuncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descargo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of waiving",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "friskrivning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanāzul",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَنَازُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṯīqatu tanāzul",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَثِيقَةُ تَنَازُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṯīqatu taḵall",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَثِيقَةُ تَخَلّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pismen otkaz ot pretencii",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "писмен отказ от претенции"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "棄權證書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìquán zhèngshū",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "弃权证书"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "contract",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "vastuuvapautussopimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "clause",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "vastuuvapauslauseke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "jogfeladás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "lemondó nyilatkozat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liberatoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odstąpienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "renuncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consentimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "legal document",
      "word": "panalikod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "erivapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "poikkeuslupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "vastuuvapautus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "felmentés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "elengedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "mentesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exención"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something that releases a person from a requirement",
      "word": "panalikod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "waiver"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪvə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪvə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "waiverable"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "weyver"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman weyver",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "waiver"
      },
      "expansion": "waiver",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waivers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waivering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waivered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waivered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "waiver (third-person singular simple present waivers, present participle waivering, simple past and past participle waivered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, AR 195-3 04/22/1987 Acceptance, Accreditation, and Release of United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Personnel, US Department of Defense",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waive (to relinquish, to forego)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waive",
          "waive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "waver"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of waver."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waver",
          "waver#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪ.vɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "waver"
    }
  ],
  "word": "waiver"
}

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