Entry Word: disclaim

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility <the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank>

Synonyms disavow, disown, repudiate

Related Words contradict, deny, disallow, gainsay, negate, negative, refuse, reject; challenge, confute, criticize, disprove, rebut, refute; dispute, question

Near Antonyms accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; admit, concede, confess, grant; affirm, announce, assert, aver, declare, maintain, profess, submit; authenticate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify

Antonyms acknowledge, avow, claim, own, recognize

2 to declare not to be true <disclaimed the marriage rumor in the press> — see deny 1