1
as in to deny
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank
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2
as in to refute
to declare not to be true
her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press
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Recent Examples of disclaim
While the school would insist a revenue share arrangement connected to NIL is about use of his commercial attributes and might even explicitly disclaim employment, the player could insist that depiction is more form than substance.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
DeSantis, in making the announcement Wednesday, disclaimed any political motivation.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
The survey was conducted between October 15 and 20, among 1,000 likely voters, and disclaims a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Or was the report merely compiling existing information and disclaiming accuracy of its opinions?
—Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
DeSantis, in making the announcement Wednesday, disclaimed any political motivation.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
The survey was conducted between October 15 and 20, among 1,000 likely voters, and disclaims a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Or was the report merely compiling existing information and disclaiming accuracy of its opinions?
—Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disclaim
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Sorokin was locked in from the drop of the puck, denying Colin Blackwell on a shorthanded breakaway 10 minutes in and making a handful of other 10-bell saves on quality scoring chances in the first period alone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Omar, 38, eventually married Hirsi legally in a 2018 ceremony before the two divorced after it was alleged that Omar was having an affair with her chief fundraiser Tim Mynett, who denied the claim.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Jones, who lived in San Francisco for years before moving to Napa, refuted the insinuation of carpetbagging.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Saatchi, at least, welcomes pushback — and at times doesn’t even refute it.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Increasingly, judges are opting to sanction lawyers who submit briefs tainted by AI errors, Moylan said, sometimes fining those who refuse to admit wrongdoing or referring them to their state’s bar association for disciplinary actions.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Like the impish anti-romance that crumbles around it, the movie’s twist is both transgressive enough to be pleased with itself and also rooted in a reality that refuses to be dismissed as a bad joke.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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Olsson rejects The Athletic’s offer to take cover inside the coffee shop.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Last week, for example, the UK government rejected plans by a Chinese company, Ming Yang, to invest in a Scottish factory to produce wind turbine blades, citing national security reasons.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Disclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disclaim. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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