disclaim

To disclaim is defined as to deny or renounce a claim or connection.

(verb)

When you deny you were involved in a prank, this is an example of when you disclaim your involvement.
When you reject your inheritance, this is an example of when you disclaim.

See disclaim in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME disclaimen < Anglo-Fr desclamer: see dis- & claim

intransitive verb

to make a disclaimer

See disclaim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·claimed, dis·claim·ing, dis·claims

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive
Law

To renounce a right or claim.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English disclaimen

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman desclaimer

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + claimer, to claim (from Latin clāmāre, to cry out; see claim)

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