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Disclaim

//dɪsˈkleɪm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for transitive

    "He calls the Gods to witness their offence, / Disclaims the War, asserts his Innocence."

  2. 2
    make a disclaimer about wordnet
  3. 3
    To deny (e.g. claim); to refuse. transitive

    "The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed."

  4. 4
    renounce a legal claim or title to wordnet
  5. 5
    (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. intransitive, transitive
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  1. 6
    To make a caveat or admission. intransitive, transitive

    "I disclaim that there will be a lot of inside humor. If you don't read a.r.s often, or are a newbie, you won't get some of the gags."

Etymology

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

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