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verb (used with object)
1.
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
2.
Law. to renounce a claim or right to.
3.
to reject the claims or authority of.
verb (used without object)
4.
Law. to renounce or repudiate a legal claim or right.
5.
Obsolete. to disavow interest.
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Disclaim
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Word Origin & History
disclaim
mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. disclaimer, O.Fr. desclamer, from des- "dis-" + clamer (see claim).
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