Disclaim
verb
To say that you are not responsible for something or that you are not involved in it.
The author disclaimed any responsibility for the comments made by her fans.
Often appears as...
- disclaim responsibility
- disclaim involvement
verb
To say openly that you are not the owner of rights to a particular thing.
She disclaimed any proprietary rights to the invention.
Often appears as...
- disclaim ownership
- disclaim rights
verb
To refuse to accept a legal claim or responsibility.
The company disclaimed liability for any harm caused by the product.
Often appears as...
- disclaim liability
- disclaim a claim
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To say that you are not responsible for something or that you are not involved in it.
The author disclaimed any responsibility for the comments made by her fans.
Often appears as...
- disclaim responsibility
- disclaim involvement
verb
To say openly that you are not the owner of rights to a particular thing.
She disclaimed any proprietary rights to the invention.
Often appears as...
- disclaim ownership
- disclaim rights
verb
To refuse to accept a legal claim or responsibility.
The company disclaimed liability for any harm caused by the product.
Often appears as...
- disclaim liability
- disclaim a claim
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Rejecting Responsibility
Use 'disclaim' when you want to clearly distance yourself from responsibility or involvement in an event.
After the scandal, the CEO quickly disclaimed any involvement in the fraudulent activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Denial
When someone 'disclaims' something, it's usually a public and formal announcement.
The politician disclaimed the accusations in a press conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Denouncement
The word 'disclaim' is strong and often used when someone is emphatic about not being associated with something.
She disclaimed any knowledge of the crime.
Pro Tip 1/3Rejecting Responsibility
Use 'disclaim' when you want to clearly distance yourself from responsibility or involvement in an event.
After the scandal, the CEO quickly disclaimed any involvement in the fraudulent activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Denial
When someone 'disclaims' something, it's usually a public and formal announcement.
The politician disclaimed the accusations in a press conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Denouncement
The word 'disclaim' is strong and often used when someone is emphatic about not being associated with something.
She disclaimed any knowledge of the crime.
Pro Tip 1/3Rejecting Responsibility
Use 'disclaim' when you want to clearly distance yourself from responsibility or involvement in an event.
After the scandal, the CEO quickly disclaimed any involvement in the fraudulent activities.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Denial
When someone 'disclaims' something, it's usually a public and formal announcement.
The politician disclaimed the accusations in a press conference.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Denouncement
The word 'disclaim' is strong and often used when someone is emphatic about not being associated with something.
She disclaimed any knowledge of the crime.
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Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
It's a very desolate place. And there's a reason for that, which is that we as human beings, even those of us who in words disclaim the importance of our own privacy, instinctively understand the profound importance of it.
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Ugly history: The 1937...
The government tried to disclaim responsibility and blame the killings on vigilante civilians, but Trujillo was condemned internationally. Eventually, the Dominican government
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
It's a very desolate place. And there's a reason for that, which is that we as human beings, even those of us who in words disclaim the importance of our own privacy, instinctively understand the profound importance of it.
Video examples
Ugly history: The 1937...
The government tried to disclaim responsibility and blame the killings on vigilante civilians, but Trujillo was condemned internationally. Eventually, the Dominican government
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Diana Rigg
British Actress
Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.
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Thomas Kretschmann
German Actor
My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.
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Martina Navratilova
American Tennis Player
I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot
English Theologian
But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Quote examples
Diana Rigg
British Actress
Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.
Quote examples
Thomas Kretschmann
German Actor
My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.
Quote examples
Martina Navratilova
American Tennis Player
I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.
Quote examples
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
English Theologian
But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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