Meanings
plural disclaimers
- One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
- A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
- lawA denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
1 more example
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, disclaim that peerage for his life.
1963, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “section 1(1)”, in Peerage Act 1963ᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 1 - proscribedA 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.
May 10 2012, Anant Rangaswami, “No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself”, in Firstpost1 more example
Though the fact that the two men do business together was disclosed on air, a recent op-ed penned by Lako and published on the Hannity show’s website had no such disclaimer.
April 23 2018, Hallie Detrick, “What We Know About Sean Hannity's Shell Companies and Why It Matters”, in Fortune
present singular third person disclaimers · participle present disclaimering · participle past disclaimered · past disclaimered
- informaltransitiveTo disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
Now that I have disclaimered myself, I can tell you the story of how one of the guards smoked Salvia divinorum and tripped balls for fifteen minutes […]
2015, Evan Butler, Guardians of Life, page 451 more example
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, […]
2005, Raven Kaldera, Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts, page 229
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normandesclamer
- Middle Englishdiscleymer
- Englishdisclaimer
Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim + -er.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отричане
- отричане (otričane)public disavowal
Chinese Mandarin 免責者 /免责者, 免責聲明 /免责声明
- 免責者 /免责者one who disclaims
- 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)
- 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)
Danish ansvarsfraskrivelse, disclaimer
- ansvarsfraskrivelsepublic disavowal
- disclaimerpublic disavowal
Finnish kiistäjä, kieltäjä
- kiistäjäone who disclaims
- kieltäjäone who disclaims
- irtisanoutujaone who disclaims
- luopujaone who disclaims
- vastuuvapauslausekepublic disavowal
- vastuunrajauspublic disavowal
- vastuunrajauslausekepublic disavowal
- kiistäminenpublic disavowal
- kieltäminenpublic disavowal
- irtisanoutuminenpublic disavowal
- luopuminenpublic disavowal
- kiistäminenlaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
French clause de non-responsabilité
- clause de non-responsabilitépublic disavowal
German Haftungsausschluss, Ausschlussklausel
- Haftungsausschlusspublic disavowal
- Ausschlussklauselpublic disavowal
- Verzichtserklärungpublic disavowal
- Ablehnungshinweispublic disavowal
- Schrankenerklärungpublic disavowal
- Nichtanerkennunglaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
- Gegenerklärunglaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
- Widerruflaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Greek αποποίηση, αποκήρυξη
- αποποίηση (apopoíisi)public disavowal
- αποκήρυξη (apokíryxi)public disavowal
- 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 felelősségkizárás, felelősségelhárítás
- felelősségkizáráspublic disavowal
- felelősségelhárításpublic disavowal
- lemondáslaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
- feladáslaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
- jogfeladáslaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Indonesian penyangkal, sangkalan
- penyangkalone who disclaims
- sangkalanpublic disavowal
- penafianlaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Irish séanadh
- séanadhpublic disavowal
Japanese 免責事項
- 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
- 면책조항 (myeonchaekjohang)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, zrzeczenie się
- zrzeczenie siępublic disavowal
- zrzeczenie sięlaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Portuguese cláusula de desresponsabilização
- cláusula de desresponsabilizaçãopublic disavowal
Spanish disclaimer, aviso legal
- disclaimerpublic disavowal
- aviso legalpublic disavowal
Swahili kanusho
- kanusholaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Turkish sorumluluk reddi, feragatname
- sorumluluk reddilaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
- feragatnamelaw: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disclaimer
All rhymes →Cite this entry
disclaimer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disclaimer
“disclaimer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disclaimer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disclaimer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disclaimer.
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