disclaimer
English edit
Etymology edit
Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim + -er.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/
- Hyphenation: dis‧claim‧er
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Noun edit
disclaimer (plural disclaimers)
- One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
- A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
- (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
- (proscribed) A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.
- May 10 2012, Anant Rangaswami, “No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself”, in Firstpost:
- It interviewed, among others, the director of Vasant Valley School, owned by the same family that part-owns Mail Today. No disclaimer was carried stating as much.
- April 23 2018, Hallie Detrick, “What We Know About Sean Hannity's Shell Companies and Why It Matters”, in Fortune:
- Though the fact that the two men do business together was disclosed on air, a recent op-ed penned by Lako and published on the Hannity show’s website had no such disclaimer.
Usage notes edit
- The use in the sense of a disclosure rather than a disavowal is a recent extension in meaning that may be considered incorrect usage.
Translations edit
one who disclaims
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public disavowal
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law: denial, disavowal, or renunciation (as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate)
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Verb edit
disclaimer (third-person singular simple present disclaimers, present participle disclaimering, simple past and past participle disclaimered)
- (transitive, informal) To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
- 2005, Raven Kaldera, Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts, page 229:
- When you can hear your lover say that painful thing straight up, without a lot of disclaimering or softening to make sure that your feelings will be hurt as little as possible, […]
- 2015, Evan Butler, Guardians of Life, page 45:
- Now that I have disclaimered myself, I can tell you the story of how one of the guards smoked Salvia divinorum and tripped balls for fifteen minutes […]
References edit
- “disclaimer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Old French edit
Verb edit
disclaimer
- Alternative form of desclamer
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of disclaimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)