disclaim

  • 21disclaim the responsibility for — index disown (refuse to acknowledge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 22disclaim — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French disclaimer, from dis + claimer to claim Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to make a disclaimer 2. a. obsolete to disavow all part or share b …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23disclaim — /dis klaym /, v.t. 1. to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation. 2. Law. to renounce a claim or right to. 3. to reject the claims or authority of. v.i. 4. Law. to renounce or repudiate a… …

    Universalium

  • 24disclaim — Synonyms and related words: abjure, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, belie, belittle, brush aside, challenge, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25disclaim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disavow, deny, repudiate; disown, renounce. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deny] Syn. repudiate, disavow, revoke, retract; see deny , recant . 2. [To disown] Syn. renounce,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26disclaim — dis|claim [ dıs kleım ] verb transitive FORMAL to say that you do not have any responsibility for something, knowledge of something, or interest in something …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27disclaim — dis·claim || dɪs kleɪm v. repudiate, disavow, renounce, deny connection with …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28disclaim — verb 1》 refuse to acknowledge. 2》 Law renounce a legal claim to (a property or title). Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. desclamer, from des (expressing reversal) + clamer (see claim) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29disclaim — v. a. 1. Disown, disavow, deny any knowledge of. 2. Renounce, reject, cast off …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30disclaim — v 1. repudiate, renounce, (usu. under oath) abjure, forswear; deny, gainsay, contradict, disaffirm; disavow, retract, recant, recall, unsay, take back. 2. disown, cast off, disinherit, disherit, Rare. ex heredate, cut off; wash one s hands of,… …

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