disclaim

Meaning

  1. To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
  2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
  3. (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
  4. To make an admission or warning.

Hyphenated as
dis‧claim
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪsˈkleɪm/
Etymology

From Middle English disclaimen, from Anglo-Norman disclaimer, from Old French desclamer (French déclamer), des- + clamer.

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