disclaim
Meaning
- To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
- To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
- (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
- To make an admission or warning.
Synonyms
sign away
relinquish to
negative acknowledgement
renounce upon oath
abdicate
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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