disclaimer

noun

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

(law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

(proscribed) A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.

verb

(transitive, informal) To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not clamo-claim · Latin · cry out, shout

Synonyms for disclaimer

disavowaln disclamationn repudiationn abjurationn renunciationn renouncementn contraventionn disproofn

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Where does disclaimer come from?

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