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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
  • He 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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