disclaimer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

2. 2

   A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

3. 3

   A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust

   A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

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   1. 4

      A 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.
      • 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.
   2. 5

      To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.

      • 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, […]
      • 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 […]

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