disclaimer

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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(ɹ)/, X-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. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
3. (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

Translations

a denial

• Bulgarian: отказ (bg) (otkaz) m
• Greek: αρνητής (el) (arnitís) m
• Polish: sprostowanie (pl) n, dementi (pl) n

• Portuguese: que nega (pt)
• Spanish: exención (es) f
• Turkish: tekzip (tr), yalanlama (tr)

a public disavowal

• Bulgarian: отричане (bg) (otričane) n
• German: Nichtanerkennung (de) f

• Greek: αποποίηση (el) (apopoíisi) f, αποκύρηξη (el) (apokýrixi) f
• Polish: zrzeczenie się (pl) m

lawdisclaimer a denial

• German: Haftungsausschluss (de) m
• Greek: αποποίηση (el) (apopoíisi) f

• Polish: zrzeczenie się (pl)
• Turkish: sorumluluk reddi (tr)

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Old French

Verb

disclaimer

1. Alternative form of desclamer.