What does "disclaimer" mean?

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

How do you pronounce "disclaimer"?

Pronounced //dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ//.

Common synonyms include: disavowal, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, abrogation, absolute contradiction.

//dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
2
denial of any connection with or knowledge of wordnet
3
A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
4
(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something wordnet
5
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
"Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who, after the commencement of this Act, succeeds to a peerage in the peerage of England, Scotland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom may, by an instrument of disclaimer delivered to the Lord Chancellor within the period prescribed by this Act, disclaim that peerage for his life."

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A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like. proscribed
"It interviewed, among others, the director of Vasant Valley School, owned by the same family that part-owns Mail Today. No disclaimer was carried stating as much."

Verb

1
To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer. informal, transitive
"When you can hear your lover say that painful thing straight up, without a lot of disclaimering or softening to make sure that your feelings will be hurt as little as possible, […]"