Waiver vs Relinquish - What's the difference?
waiver | relinquish |
The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
(legal) A legal document releasing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). Also used for such a form even before it is filled out and signed.
Something that releases a person from a requirement.
See waive.
noun, waivers, the noun, especially in newspaper headlines for sports stories.
To give up, abandon or retire from something.
To let go (free, away), physically release.
To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
As verbs the difference between waiver and relinquish
is that waiver is while relinquish is to give up, abandon or retire from something.As a noun waiver
is the act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.waiver
English
Noun
(en noun)- I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.
- I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses.
- 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.
Derived terms
* waiveredSee also
* ("waiver" on Wikipedia)Verb
(head)Usage notes
* Sometimes used in puns involving wavering]] about [[waiverAnagrams
*relinquish
English
Verb
(es)- to relinquish a title
- to relinquish property
- to relinquish rights
- to relinquish citizenship or nationality
- But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish .
- ''The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction