disclaim

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /dɪsˈkleɪm/ UK /dɪsˈkleɪm/ See IPA manual

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verb
to renounce or deny any claim to, knowledge of, or responsibility for

The company sought to disclaim liability for the faulty product.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to renounce or deny any... renounce disavow deny repudiate disown abjure forswear

Opposites

claim assert acknowledge avow

Word family

Derived forms disclaimerdisclamation

Related forms claim reclaim exclaim proclaim

Etymology

From Anglo-French disclamer, desclamer, from des- (Latin dis-, 'reversal') plus clamer ('to claim, cry out'), from Latin clamare ('to cry out, call').

desclamer Old French clamare Latin *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# disclaim

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** dɪsˈkleɪm
**IPA (UK):** dɪsˈkleɪm

## Meanings
1. to renounce or deny any claim to, knowledge of, or responsibility for

## Examples
- The company sought to disclaim liability for the faulty product.

## Synonyms
- renounce
- disavow
- deny
- repudiate
- disown
- abjure
- forswear

## Antonyms
- claim
- assert
- acknowledge
- avow

## Derived Forms
- disclaimer
- disclamation

## Related Forms
- claim
- reclaim
- exclaim
- proclaim

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desclamer
- Root: clamare
- Root: *kelh₁-

## Etymology
From Anglo-French disclamer, desclamer, from des- (Latin dis-, 'reversal') plus clamer ('to claim, cry out'), from Latin clamare ('to cry out, call').

## AI Etymology
Disclaim is from Anglo-French disclamer, desclamer, from des- (Latin dis-, 'reversal') plus clamer ('to claim, cry out'), from Latin clamare ('to cry out, call'). Important recorded forms include desclamer (Old French), clamare (Latin), and *kelh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). The current sense covers to renounce or deny any claim to, knowledge of, or responsibility for. The wider family includes derived forms such as disclaimer and disclamation and related words such as claim, reclaim, exclaim, and proclaim.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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