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English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə(r)/, SAMPA: /dIs"kl@Im.@/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Etymology

disclaim +‎ -er (Etymology 5); from Anglo-Norman disclaimer, from Old French desclamer

Noun

Wikipedia disclaimer (plural disclaimers)

1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
2. (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.

Translations

a denial

Bulgarian: отказ (bg) m. Polish: sprostowanie n., dementi n.

Portuguese: que nega (pt) Spanish: exención  (es) f.

(law) a denial

Greek: αποποίηση (el) (apopoíisi) f.

Polish: zrzeczenie się

a public disavowal

Bulgarian: отричане (bg) n. German: Haftungsausschluss m., Nichtanerkennung f.

Greek: αποποίηση (el) (apopoíisi) f. Polish: zrzeczenie się m.

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Anglo-Norman

Verb

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1. Alternative form of desclamer.