Disclaimer

/dɪsˈkleɪmər/

/dɪsˈkleɪmə/

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Other forms: disclaimers

A disclaimer is a statement that rejects a legal claim. If you're speaking on Russian history and don't want to be quoted, offer a disclaimer that all your information comes from Wikipedia and you're not responsible for its accuracy.

A claim is the assertion that you have a right to something, so a disclaimer is the opposite: the rejection of a claim. If you don't want to keep the money you're inheriting, you can file a disclaimer and pass all the money on to a charity. Although disclaimer comes from talking about legal claims, we also use it in general to mean "denial" or "repudiation."

Definitions of disclaimer

noun
(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

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type of:
renunciation, repudiation
rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
noun
denial of any connection with or knowledge of

synonyms: disavowal

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types:
abjuration, recantation, retraction
a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

backdown, climb-down, withdrawal
a retraction of a previously held position

type of:
denial
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈkleɪmər/

/dɪsˈkleɪmə/

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