disclaimer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
  2. A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
  3. A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
  4. A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.
verb
  1. To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/ /ˈdɪskleɪm.ɚ/ /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/ en-us-disclaimer.ogg

Word forms

disclaimer disclaimers disclaimering disclaimered

Etymology

Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim + -er.

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