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disclaim

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disclaim

1 to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility

the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank

Synonyms of disclaim

deny, disavow, disown, repudiate

Words Related to disclaim

contradict, disallow, gainsay, negate, negative, refuse, reject

challenge, confute, criticize, disprove, rebut, refute

dispute, question

abdicate, abjure, recant, renounce, retract

Phrases Synonymous with disclaim

wash one's hands of

Near Antonyms of disclaim

accept, adopt, embrace, espouse

admit, concede, confess, grant

affirm, announce, assert, aver, declare, maintain, profess, submit

authenticate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify

Antonyms of disclaim

acknowledge, avow, claim, own, recognize

2 to declare not to be true

her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press

Synonyms of disclaim

contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, reject, repudiate

Words Related to disclaim

traverse

challenge, confute, disprove, rebut

disagree (with), dispute

Near Antonyms of disclaim

accept, adopt, embrace, espouse

affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submit

authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify

Antonyms of disclaim

acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own

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