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disclaimer

  • /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/ US
  • /ˈdɪskleɪm.ɚ/ US
  • /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun disclaimers

  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. Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who, after the commencement of this Act, succeeds to a peerage in the peerage of England, Scotland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom may, by an instrument of disclaimer delivered to the Lord Chancellor within the period prescribed by this Act,
  4. proscribed A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like. It interviewed, among others, the director of Vasant Valley School, owned by the same family that part-owns Mail Today. No disclaimer was carried stating as much.

verb disclaimers · disclaimering · disclaimered

  1. informal, transitive To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer. When you can hear your lover say that painful thing straight up, without a lot of disclaimering or softening to make sure that your feelings will be hurt as little as possible, […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: renunciation, abdication, exclusion, renouncement, abandonment, denial, resignation, dropout, cancellation, relinquishment, waiver, discontinuance, exemption, termination, surrender, exoneration

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noun one who disclaims

中文免責者 /免责者

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

한국어면책조항 myeonchaekjohang
日本語免責事項 mensekijikō
中文免責聲明 /免责声明 miǎnzé shēngmíng, 免責事項 /免责事项 miǎnzé shìxiàng
Kiswahilikanusho
DeutschNichtanerkennung, Gegenerklärung, Widerruf
Ελληνικάαποποίηση apopoíisi

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"disclaimer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disclaimer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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disclaimer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disclaimer

Chicago

"disclaimer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disclaimer.

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@misc{disclaimer_2026,
  title = {disclaimer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disclaimer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}