disclaiming

verb

present participle of disclaim
1
as in denying
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 refuting
to declare not to be true her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press

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Recent Examples of disclaiming The method used by players’ associations to litigate against leagues who lock out players is decertification, or the similar step of disclaiming interest. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026 All three opening bids in the 2028 ideas primary lead by disclaiming any desire to raise taxes on the middle class. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2026 Or was the report merely compiling existing information and disclaiming accuracy of its opinions? — Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disclaiming
  1. denying
  2. refuting
  3. refusing
  4. rejecting
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  • This has been compounded by massive cuts in international aid and a Taliban government that has sidelined half of Afghanistan’s population, denying women and girls education beyond primary school and banning them from the vast majority of jobs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Similar restrictions have been challenged elsewhere, including in Georgia, where a federal judge ruled that denying hormone therapy to incarcerated people violated the Eighth Amendment.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of denying
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  • The Whitney Houston estate is refuting Oprah Winfrey recalling that the late singer was high and fell off the stage during an appearance on her talk show.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Two other retired judges later published their own piece refuting Gilliard’s contention.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of refuting
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  • The discipline is refusing to play the obvious one, which is accepting the first answer.
    — Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • This season,, Sanders is and refusing to look ahead when asked about the team’s first two Big 12 games against Baylor and the league’s defending champions, Texas Tech.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Definition of refusing
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  • El-Sayed has built his campaign around bold policy proposals, rejecting corporate PAC money and casting himself as an alternative to the status quo of the Democratic Party.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Kalshi lost an attempt to override New York’s state gambling laws yesterday, with a federal judge rejecting the prediction market operator’s request to prevent enforcement of the rules.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of rejecting

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“Disclaiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disclaiming. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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