Waiver vs Repeal - What's the difference?
waiver | repeal |
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 cancel, invalidate, annul.
To recall; to summon (a person) again.
* Shakespeare
To suppress; to repel.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between waiver and repeal
is that waiver is the act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege while repeal is an act or instance of repealing.As verbs the difference between waiver and repeal
is that waiver is misspelling of lang=en while repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul.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
*repeal
English
Verb
(en verb)- to repeal a law
- The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
- Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.
