Intentional relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege.
The document that evidences such relinquishment.
A dispensation, as from a rule or penalty.
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.
A deferment.
clear waivers To be unclaimed by another professional club and therefore liable to be assigned to a minor-league club or released.
on waivers In a state of being available for claiming by other professional clubs.