Dictionary entry

Disclaim

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐claim″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disclaiming.] 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

He calls the gods to witness their offense;

Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden.

He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.

2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.

The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.

3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.

Syn. — To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.