Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
renounce a legal claim or title to;
2.
make a disclaimer about;
- Example: "He disclaimed any responsibility"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Disclaiming.]
1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or
responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
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He calls the gods to witness their offense;
Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden.
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He disclaims the authority of Jesus. --Farmer.
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2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
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The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.
--Milman.
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3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow
another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate,
interest, or office. --Burrill.
Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t.
To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.
--Blackstone.
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Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.]
"Nature disclaims in thee." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disclaim
v 1: renounce a legal claim or title to [ant: claim, take]
2: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
[ant: claim]