disclaim

Meaning

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

Synonyms

deny

disavow

renounce

disown

repudiate

reject

abnegate

relinquish

forswear

waive

refuse

abjure

contradict

give up

recant

negate

forgo

refute

decline

cast off

embargo

forbid

forego

gainsay

give

interdict

lapse

negative

nix

outlaw

part with

prohibit

proscribe

put away

quit

rebuff

rejection

repudiation

resign

retract

sign away

statement

taboo

tergiversate

undo

unmake

withdraw

apostatise

foreswear

go without

disaffirmance

relinquish to

negative acknowledgement

abandon

renounce upon oath

abdicate

annul

apostatize

back down

back off

back out

ban

bar

bow out

break

debar

denial

desist

disaffirm

disallow

discard

dispense with

divest

drop out

Translations

rechazar

désavouer

ablehnen

vazgeçmek

renunciar

negar

reddetmek

dementieren

verleugnen

renier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈkleɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: disclaimen

Cognate with French: déclamer

In summary

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