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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarydis·claim \dis-ˈklām\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French disclaimer,from dis- + claimer to claim DATE 15th centuryintransitive verb1. to make a disclaimer2. a. obsolete : to disavow all part or share b. to utter denialtransitive verb1. to renounce a legal claim to2. deny, disavow disclaimed any knowledge of the contents of the letterEnglish Etymologydisclaim mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. disclaimer, O.Frhttp://O.Fr. desclamer, from des-"dis-" + clamer (see claim).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7disclaimdis·claim / dis5kleim / verb[VN] (formal) 1. to state publicly that you have no knowledge of sth, or that you are not responsible for sth 否认；拒绝承认 SYN deny : She disclaimed any knowledge of her husband's whereabouts. 她否认知道丈夫的下落。 The rebels disclaimed all responsibility for the explosion. 反叛分子否认对这次爆炸事件负有任何责任。 2. to give up your right to sth, such as property or a title 放弃(财产、头衔等的权利) SYN renounce Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb to refuse to admit, accept, or approve FF1C;the senator disclaimedthe comment attributed to himFF1E; FF1C;disclaim responsibility for a subordinate's mistakeFF1E; Synonyms: deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disown, repudiate Related Words: contradict, contravene, gainsay, traverse; refuse, reject, spurn; deprecate; belittle, disparage, minimize; abjure, forswear, recant, renounce, retract; challenge, criticize Idioms: turn one's back on, wash one's hands of Contrasted Words: acknowledge, avow, own; accept, admit, receive, take Antonyms: claimWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgeddis·claimI. \də̇ˈsklām\ nounEtymology: Middle English disclaime, from Anglo-French, from disclaimer, desclamerarchaic : disclamationII. verbEtymology: Anglo-French disclaimer, desclamer, from des- dis- (I) + claimer, clamer, from Old French clamer to cry out, complain, claim — more at claimintransitive verb1. : to renounce or repudiate a legal claim : make a disclaimer2. a. obsolete : to disavow all part or share : make public denunciation or dissent b. : to utter denial < Catherine colored, and disclaimed again — Jane Austen >3. obsolete : to cry out or declaimtransitive verb1. : to renounce a legal claim to : deny or repudiate any interest in or connection with2. : to deny or disavow (as a connection with or responsibility for) < disclaimed any knowledge of the contents of the letter >: repudiate, disown < disclaimed the libelous pamphlet > < disclaiming any ill will toward him >3. : to deny or reject the right, validity, or authority of < disclaimed the charge that he received financial backing from oil interests >: deny, dispute < accords wisdom to his hands … but disclaims the wisdom of the heart — Ernest Ansermet >: renounce, repudiate < disclaimed the authority of the supreme pontiff >4. archaic : to deny (as a claim) : refuse5. a. of a herald : to denounce or make infamous (as one bearing arms without right or one usurping the title of esquire or gentleman) by proclamation b. : to disown any claim to (as a right to bear arms) : disavow, renounceSynonyms: disclaim, disavow, repudiate, disown, disacknowledge, and disallow can mean, in common, to refuse to admit, accept, or approve. disclaim implies a refusal to admit or accept a claim, especially anything claimed or likely to be claimed in one's favor or against him < disclaim any responsibility for a crime > < the ordinary qualifications of the novelist, all pretension to which he entirely disclaims — Richard Garnett > < responded with characteristic modesty, disclaiming any right to special honor — D.G.Mandelbaum > < disclaim any intention of leaving > disavow is close to disclaim but usually applies to denial of responsibility for something besides refusal to accept or approve < this Court always had disavowed the right to intrude its judgment upon questions of policy or morals — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < the error of … putting forth in a permanent form work that I might subsequently wish to disavow — Havelock Ellis > < disavow the harsh materialism of mines and factories — Time > repudiate is usually to disclaim responsibility for what one has previously or implicitly acknowledged or accepted < a wise graduate student … accepted the degree for what it ostensibly stood for, and straightway repudiated everything it actually stood for — Bruce Dearing > < a law which everyone recognizes in fact, though everyone repudiates it in theory — G.L.Dickinson > disown implies repudiation of something with which one has previously stood in close relationship, often implying disinheritance or abjuration < Keith and his followers were disowned by the orthodox Quakers — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < disown an erring son > < disown earlier obligations contracted in his name by friends > disacknowledge is milder than disown, usually applying to repudiation of something by denying any knowledge of it < disacknowledge any responsibility to the community > < disacknowledge a signature on a note > disallow implies the withholding or taking away of sanction or approval, sometimes implying rejection or condemnation < its duty of disallowing any proceedings which would infringe the rules of financial procedure — T.E.May > < if he is going to drive while intoxicated … his right to a driving license must be disallowed — Lucius Garvin >

To Verb Disclaim Responsibility From Claim Knowledge Disclaimed