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单词 disclaim
释义 dis·claim
I. \də̇ˈsklām\ noun
Etymology: Middle English disclaime, from Anglo-French, from disclaimer, desclamer
archaic : disclamation
II. verb
Etymology: Anglo-French disclaimer, desclamer, from des- dis- (I) + claimer, clamer, from Old French clamer to cry out, complain, claim — more at claim
intransitive verb
1. : to renounce or repudiate a legal claim : make a disclaimer
2.
 a. obsolete : to disavow all part or share : make public denunciation or dissent
 b. : to utter denial
  < Catherine colored, and disclaimed again — Jane Austen >
3. obsolete : to cry out or declaim
transitive verb
1. : to renounce a legal claim to : deny or repudiate any interest in or connection with
2. : to deny or disavow (as a connection with or responsibility for)
 < disclaimed any knowledge of the contents of the letter >
: repudiate, disown
 < disclaimed the libelous pamphlet >
 < disclaiming any ill will toward him >
3. : to deny or reject the right, validity, or authority of
 < disclaimed the charge that he received financial backing from oil interests >
: deny, dispute
 < accords wisdom to his hands … but disclaims the wisdom of the heart — Ernest Ansermet >
: renounce, repudiate
 < disclaimed the authority of the supreme pontiff >
4. archaic : to deny (as a claim) : refuse
5.
 a. of a herald : to denounce or make infamous (as one bearing arms without right or one usurping the title of esquire or gentleman) by proclamation
 b. : to disown any claim to (as a right to bear arms) : disavow, renounce
Synonyms:
 disclaim, disavow, repudiate, disown, disacknowledge, and disallow can mean, in common, to refuse to admit, accept, or approve. disclaim implies a refusal to admit or accept a claim, especially anything claimed or likely to be claimed in one's favor or against him
  < disclaim any responsibility for a crime >
  < the ordinary qualifications of the novelist, all pretension to which he entirely disclaims — Richard Garnett >
  < responded with characteristic modesty, disclaiming any right to special honor — D.G.Mandelbaum >
  < disclaim any intention of leaving >
  disavow is close to disclaim but usually applies to denial of responsibility for something besides refusal to accept or approve
  < this Court always had disavowed the right to intrude its judgment upon questions of policy or morals — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
  < the error of … putting forth in a permanent form work that I might subsequently wish to disavow — Havelock Ellis >
  < disavow the harsh materialism of mines and factories — Time >
  repudiate is usually to disclaim responsibility for what one has previously or implicitly acknowledged or accepted
  < a wise graduate student … accepted the degree for what it ostensibly stood for, and straightway repudiated everything it actually stood for — Bruce Dearing >
  < a law which everyone recognizes in fact, though everyone repudiates it in theory — G.L.Dickinson >
  disown implies repudiation of something with which one has previously stood in close relationship, often implying disinheritance or abjuration
  < Keith and his followers were disowned by the orthodox Quakers — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
  < disown an erring son >
  < disown earlier obligations contracted in his name by friends >
  disacknowledge is milder than disown, usually applying to repudiation of something by denying any knowledge of it
  < disacknowledge any responsibility to the community >
  < disacknowledge a signature on a note >
  disallow implies the withholding or taking away of sanction or approval, sometimes implying rejection or condemnation
  < its duty of disallowing any proceedings which would infringe the rules of financial procedure — T.E.May >
  < if he is going to drive while intoxicated … his right to a driving license must be disallowed — Lucius Garvin >
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