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disclaiming

verb , present participle of disclaim

Synonyms and Antonyms of disclaiming

1 to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
  • the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank
Synonyms of disclaiming

denying, disavowing, disowning, repudiating
Words Related to disclaiming

contradicting, disallowing, gainsaying, negating, negativing, refusing, rejecting

challenging, confuting, criticizing, disproving, rebutting, refuting

disputing, questioning

abdicating, abjuring, recanting, renouncing, retracting
Phrases Synonymous with disclaiming

washing one's hands of
Near Antonyms of disclaiming

accepting, adopting, embracing, espousing

admitting, conceding, confessing, granting

affirming, announcing, asserting, averring, declaring, maintaining, professing, submitting

authenticating, confirming, corroborating, substantiating, validating, verifying
Antonyms of disclaiming

acknowledging, avowing, claiming, owning, recognizing
2 to declare not to be true
  • her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press
Synonyms of disclaiming

contradicting, denying, disaffirming, disallowing, disavowing, disconfirming, disowning, gainsaying, negating, negativing, refuting, rejecting, repudiating
Words Related to disclaiming

traversing

challenging, confuting, disproving, rebutting

disagreeing (with), disputing
Near Antonyms of disclaiming

accepting, adopting, embracing, espousing

affirming, announcing, asserting, averring, claiming, declaring, maintaining, professing, submitting

authenticating, corroborating, substantiating, validating, verifying
Antonyms of disclaiming

acknowledging, admitting, allowing, avowing, conceding, confirming, owning

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