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Synonyms for disclaim

  • verb

Most common

deny disavow renounce repudiate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Renounce all claim to — to completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for

deny, disavow, renounce, repudiate, reject, disown, abjure formal, disallow, wash one's hands, forswear

Other

refuse, deprecate

Antonyms

claim, confess, ascribe

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for

Related words

Word family
disclaimer

Forms

Past participle
disclaimed
e.g. disclaimed → denied, disavowed, renounced, repudiated…

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Disclaim, Deny, Disavow or Disown?

A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • renounce I renounce everything as long as I can be with you.
  • disavow Most of them disavow and denounce that sort of behavior.
  • repudiate My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disclaimsteady
renouncesteady
disavowsteady
repudiatefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
deny2
6 letters
refuse2, reject2, disown2, abjure
7 letters
disavow3
8 letters
renounce2, disallow3, forswear2
9 letters
repudiate4, deprecate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deny2 = 2 syllables).