disclaimer

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disclaimer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

disclaim +‎ -er (Etymology 5); from Anglo-Norman disclaimer, from Old French desclamer.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkleɪm.ə/
Hyphenation: dis‧claim‧er
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Noun

disclaimer (plural disclaimers)

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
(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, and the like.
- Anant Rangaswami (2012), "No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself", Firstpost, May 10, 2012
  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.
- Hallie Detrick (2018), "What We Know About Sean Hannity's Shell Companies and Why It Matters", Fortune, April 23, 2018
  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

The use in the sense of a disclosure rather than a disavowal is a recent extension in meaning that disregards the etymology and may be considered incorrect usage.

Translations

one who disclaims

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: kiistäjä; kieltäjä (fi); irtisanoutuja; luopuja
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

public disavowal

Bulgarian: отричане (bg) n (otričane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: ansvarsfraskrivelse c, disclaimer c
Finnish: vastuunrajaus, vastuunrajauslauseke (denial of responsibility); kiistäminen (fi), kieltäminen (fi), irtisanoutuminen, lupuminen

German: Nichtanerkennung f, Gegenerklärung f, Widerruf (de) m
Greek: αποποίηση (el) f (apopoíisi), αποκήρυξη (el) f (apokíryxi)
Polish: zrzeczenie się n
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

law: denial

Chinese:
Mandarin: 免責聲明 (zh), 免责声明 (zh) (miǎnzé shēngmíng)
Finnish: kiistäminen (fi); kieltäytyminen (fi); luopuminen; irtisanoutuminen
French: clause de non-responsabilité f
German: Haftungsausschluss m, Ausschlußklausel f, Verzichtserklärung (de) f, Ablehnungshinweis m, Schrankenerklärung f

Greek: αποποίηση (el) f (apopoíisi)
Polish: zrzeczenie się n
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sorumluluk reddi

Old French

Verb

disclaimer

Alternative form of desclamer

Conjugation

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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		disclaimer			avoir disclaimé
gerund		en disclaimant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		disclaimant
past participle		disclaimé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	disclaim	disclaimes	disclaime	disclaimons	disclaimez	disclaiment
	imperfect	disclaimoie, disclaimeie, disclaimoe, disclaimeve	disclaimoies, disclaimeies, disclaimoes, disclaimeves	disclaimoit, disclaimeit, disclaimot, disclaimeve	disclaimiiens, disclaimiens	disclaimiiez, disclaimiez	disclaimoient, disclaimeient, disclaimoent, disclaimevent
	preterite	disclaimai	disclaimas	disclaima	disclaimames	disclaimastes	disclaimerent
	future	disclaimerai	disclaimeras	disclaimera	disclaimerons	disclaimeroiz, disclaimereiz, disclaimerez	disclaimeront
	conditional	disclaimeroie, disclaimereie	disclaimeroies, disclaimereies	disclaimeroit, disclaimereit	disclaimeriiens, disclaimeriens	disclaimeriiez, disclaimeriez	disclaimeroient, disclaimereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	disclaim	disclains	disclaint	disclaimons	disclaimez	disclaiment
simple tenses	imperfect	disclaimasse	disclaimasses	disclaimast	disclaimissons, disclaimissiens	disclaimissoiz, disclaimissez, disclaimissiez	disclaimassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	disclaime	—	disclaimons	disclaimez	—

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