waiver

A document saying you give up a right or agree not to hold someone responsible.

• Please sign this waiver.
• Every participant completed a liability waiver.
• Did you read the waiver before signing it?

Similar words: release

Common phrases: sign a waiver, liability waiver, waiver form

Official permission not to follow a particular rule or meet a requirement.

• Students can apply for a fee waiver.
• The department granted him a waiver from the course requirement.
• Was your request for a waiver approved?

How to use it: waiver of something (She received a waiver of the application fee.); waiver from something (He requested a waiver from the language requirement.)

Similar words: exemption, dispensation

Common phrases: fee waiver, grant a waiver, waiver for something

The act of choosing not to use a right or make a claim.

• She agreed to a waiver of her rights.
• Their silence did not imply a waiver of the claim.
• The agreement required a voluntary waiver of that privilege.

How to use it: waiver of something (His agreement included a waiver of his right to appeal.)

Similar words: relinquishment, renunciation

Common phrases: waiver of rights, voluntary waiver, implied waiver