disclaimer
To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimerTo disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
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» Be sure to read the disclaimer.
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1 senses(informal)To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
Examples
11 sentencesBe sure to read the disclaimer.
Steve was not reassured by the disclaimer.
This was a disclaimer before the video played.
The show is prefixed with a warning disclaimer.
There were multiple disclaimers at the start of the video.
Origin
Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaPartly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim + -er.
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Forms
disclaimers, disclaimering, disclaimered, disclaimered| Base form | disclaimer · to disclaimer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | disclaimers |
| Present participle | disclaimering |
| Past simple | disclaimered |
| Past participle | disclaimered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.