# waiver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #14,452

## Definitions
1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
2. A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
3. Something that releases a person from a requirement.
4. The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wave)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-water)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-waves)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wider)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wives)
- **waved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-waved)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wiser)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wiper)
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-waver)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-writer)
- **walker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-walker)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-walter)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-warner)
- **warmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-warmer)
- **wander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wander)
- **weaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-weaver)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-washer)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-waller)
- **weiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-weiner)
- **wanker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiver-vs-wanker)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awiver`, `waievr`, `waiverr`, `waivre`, `waivver`, `wavier`, `wiaver`, `wwaiver`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/waiver