disclaimer

disclaimer

noun

Definition of DISCLAIMER

1

a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege <one brother filed a disclaimer, allowing all of the estate to go to his poorer siblings>

Synonyms disclaimer, quitclaim, release

Related Words dispensation, exemption, indemnity; abdication, relinquishment, renouncement; handover, renunciation, surrender

2

a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement <the intelligence agency's pro forma disclaimer of any involvement in the assassination plot>

Synonyms contradiction, denegation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disconfirmation, negation, rejection, repudiation

Related Words disproof, rebuttal, refutation; negative

Near Antonyms concession, confession; affirmation, assertion, declaration; attestation, corroboration, documentation, substantiation, testament, testimony, validation

Antonyms acknowledgment (or acknowledgement), admission, avowal, confirmation