disclaim
disclaim is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.
- 2.(Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.
- 3.To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandonment
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdication
- abjuration
- abjure
- about
- abrogate
- accept
- aside
- away
- cast
- chosen
- declination
- decline
- deny
- desert
- discard
- done
- down
- eject
- except
- exclude
- exclusion
- fling
- forego
- get
- give
- gone
- have
- lay
- naught
- neither
- non
- nor
- not
- one
- other
- out
- overboard
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is disclaim.
- What is to deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman called?
- What is to relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill called?
- What is to disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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