MEANING
1. To deny responsibility, association, or a claim to something.
2. To formally refuse or give up a right, title, or interest that might otherwise be claimed.
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Words that belong together
- disclaim responsibility
- disclaim any intention
On the page
He disclaimed responsibility for the message but admitted delivering it.
She disclaimed any intention of speaking for the absent family.
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Word forms
- Base
- disclaim
- Past tense
- disclaimed
- Past participle
- disclaimed
- Present participle
- disclaiming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disclaim
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disclaiming
- Present perfect
- have/has disclaimed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disclaiming
- Past
- disclaimed
- Past continuous
- was/were disclaiming
- Past perfect
- had disclaimed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disclaiming
- Future
- will disclaim
- Future continuous
- will be disclaiming
- Future perfect
- will have disclaimed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disclaiming
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: disclaim; disclaims; disclaimed; disclaimed; disclaiming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: disclaims.
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