Deviation vs. Waiver

Deviation vs. Waiver — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Deviation and Waiver

Deviationnoun

The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road

Waivernoun

The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

Deviationnoun

A departure from the correct way of acting

Waivernoun

(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.

Deviationnoun

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

Waivernoun

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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Deviationnoun

(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.

Waivernoun

(obsolete) The process of waiving or outlawing a person.

Deviationnoun

(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

Waiververb

(transitive) To waive.

Deviationnoun

(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

Waiververb

misspelling of waver

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Deviationnoun

(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

Waivernoun

a formal written statement of relinquishment

Deviationnoun

a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

the deviation from the mean

Deviationnoun

the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

Deviationnoun

the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

Deviationnoun

deviate behavior

Deviationnoun

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);

a diversion from the main highwaya digression into irrelevant detailsa deflection from his goal