DISCLAIMER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Denial of any connection with or knowledge of

Synonyms:

disavowal; disclaimer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("disclaimer" is a kind of...):

denial (the act of refusing to comply (as with a request))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disclaimer"):

abjuration; recantation; retraction (a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("disclaimer" is a kind of...):

renunciation; repudiation (rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

disclaim (make a disclaimer about)

disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)