Deviation vs. Waiver

Deviation and Waiver Definitions
Deviation
The act of deviating or turning aside.
Waiver
Intentional relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege.
Deviation
An instance of this
"We made so many deviations up and down lanes ... that I was quite tired, and very glad, when we saw Yarmouth" (Charles Dickens).
Waiver
The document that evidences such relinquishment.
Deviation
Divergence from an accepted idea, policy, or norm of behavior
"Freud, as the leader of a powerful new movement, could not bear much deviation from his own central ideas" (Joseph Epstein).
Waiver
A dispensation, as from a rule or penalty.
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Deviation
An instance of this; an abnormality or departure from a norm
"Vice was a deviation from our nature" (Henry Fielding).
Waiver
Permission for a professional athletic club to assign a player to the minor leagues or release a player from the club, granted only after all other clubs have been given the opportunity to claim the player and have not done so.
Deviation
Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.
Waiver
A deferment.
Deviation
(Statistics) The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data.
Waiver
To provide with a waiver or issue a waiver for.
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Deviation
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
Waiver
The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
Deviation
A departure from the correct way of acting.
Waiver
(legal) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.
Deviation
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
Mankind’s deviation from divine will
Waiver
Something that releases a person from a requirement.
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.
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Deviation
A detour in a road or railway.
Waiver
(obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person.
Deviation
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
Waiver
(transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
Deviation
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Waiver
Misspelling of waver
Deviation
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
Waiver
The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
Deviation
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
Waiver
A formal written statement of relinquishment
Deviation
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
Deviation
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
Deviation
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
Deviation
The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Deviation
The difference between an expected value of an observation or measurement and the actual value.
Deviation
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm;
The deviation from the mean
Deviation
The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
Deviation
The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
Deviation
Deviate behavior
Deviation
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);
A diversion from the main highway
A digression into irrelevant details
A deflection from his goal