disclaim (verb)

  • 1disclaim — ► VERB 1) refuse to acknowledge. 2) Law renounce a legal claim to (a property or title) …

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  • 2disclaim — UK US /dɪsˈkleɪm/ verb [T] ► LAW to state that you are not legally responsible for something: disclaim responsibility/liability for sth »A restaurant may disclaim responsibility for loss or damage to a customer s personal property. ► to refuse to …

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  • 3disclaim — dis·claim /dis klām/ vi: to make a disclaimer vt 1: to reject or relinquish a claim to (as an interest in an estate) 2 a: to deny or reject the right, validity, or authority of b: to negate or limit the rights under (a warranty) dis·claim·ant /… …

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  • 4disclaim — verb a) To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility, continued the other. They admit no liability at all, but in… …

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  • 5disclaim — verb Disclaim is used with these nouns as the object: ↑responsibility …

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  • 6disclaim — verb (T) disclaim responsibility/knowledge etc formal to state that you are not responsible for something, that you do not know anything about it, etc: I can t believe the insurance company disclaimed liability for the accident …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7disclaim — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French disclaimer, from dis + claimer to claim Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to make a disclaimer 2. a. obsolete to disavow all part or share b …

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  • 8disclaim — verb 1》 refuse to acknowledge. 2》 Law renounce a legal claim to (a property or title). Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. desclamer, from des (expressing reversal) + clamer (see claim) …

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  • 9disclaim — [[t]dɪskle͟ɪm[/t]] disclaims, disclaiming, disclaimed VERB If you disclaim knowledge of something or disclaim responsibility for something, you say that you did not know about it or are not responsible for it. [FORMAL] [V n] Mrs Lee disclaims any …

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  • 10disclaim — UK [dɪsˈkleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms disclaim : present tense I/you/we/they disclaim he/she/it disclaims present participle disclaiming past tense disclaimed past participle disclaimed formal to say that you do not have any… …

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