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noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈdɪskleɪm.ɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪmə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K L EY1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

denial of any connection with or knowledge of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disavowal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: denial

Narrower terms: retraction, abjuration, recantation

7

noun

Meaning 7

(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: repudiation, renunciation

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 免責者 /免责者 — one who disclaims
  • Finnish: kiistäjä — one who disclaims
  • Finnish: kieltäjä — one who disclaims
  • Finnish: irtisanoutuja — one who disclaims
  • Finnish: luopuja — one who disclaims
  • Indonesian: penyangkal — one who disclaims
  • Spanish: renunciador — one who disclaims
  • Bulgarian: отричане (otričane) — public disavowal
  • Danish: ansvarsfraskrivelse — public disavowal
  • Danish: disclaimer — public disavowal
  • Finnish: vastuuvapauslauseke — public disavowal
  • Finnish: vastuunrajaus — public disavowal
  • Finnish: vastuunrajauslauseke — public disavowal
  • Finnish: kiistäminen — public disavowal
  • Finnish: kieltäminen — public disavowal
  • Finnish: irtisanoutuminen — public disavowal
  • Finnish: luopuminen — public disavowal
  • French: clause de non-responsabilité — public disavowal
  • German: Haftungsausschluss — public disavowal
  • German: Ausschlussklausel — public disavowal
  • German: Verzichtserklärung — public disavowal
  • German: Ablehnungshinweis — public disavowal
  • German: Schrankenerklärung — public disavowal
  • Greek: αποποίηση (apopoíisi) — public disavowal
  • Greek: αποκήρυξη (apokíryxi) — public disavowal
  • Hungarian: felelősségkizárás — public disavowal
  • Hungarian: felelősségelhárítás — public disavowal
  • Indonesian: sangkalan — public disavowal
  • Polish: zrzeczenie się — public disavowal
  • Portuguese: cláusula de desresponsabilização — public disavowal
  • Spanish: disclaimer (diskléimer) — public disavowal
  • Spanish: aviso legal — public disavowal
  • Spanish: descargo de responsabilidad — public disavowal
  • Spanish: cláusula de renuncia a la imputabilidad — public disavowal
  • Spanish: exención de responsabilización — public disavowal
  • Spanish: advertencia — public disavowal
  • Spanish: animadvertencia (disused) — public disavowal
  • Spanish: eximición de culpabilidad — public disavowal
  • Azerbaijani: farağatnamə — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免責聲明 /免责声明 (miǎnzé shēngmíng) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免責事項 /免责事项 (miǎnzé shìxiàng) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Finnish: kiistäminen — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Finnish: kieltäytyminen — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Finnish: luopuminen — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Finnish: irtisanoutuminen — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • German: Nichtanerkennung — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • German: Gegenerklärung — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • German: Widerruf — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Greek: αποποίηση (apopoíisi) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Hungarian: lemondás — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Hungarian: feladás — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Hungarian: jogfeladás — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Indonesian: penafian — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Japanese: 免責事項 (mensekijikō) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Korean: 면책조항 (myeonchaekjohang) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Malayalam: നിരാകരണം (nirākaraṇaṁ) — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Polish: zrzeczenie się — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Swahili: kanusho — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Turkish: sorumluluk reddi — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
  • Turkish: feragatname — law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
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