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  1. a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege the city signed a quitclaim to the property, and now the company can go forward with its plans for expansion Synonyms disclaimer, waiver, releaseRelated Words dispensation, exemption, indemnity; abdication, relinquishment, renouncement; handover, renunciation, surrender

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