disclaimed

Refused to acknowledge

Disclaimed is the past tense of disclaim, meaning to deny responsibility for, renounce a claim to, or refuse to acknowledge.

Legal documents often include disclaimed warranties.

Someone might have disclaimed any knowledge of the scheme or disclaimed credit for the idea.

The word suggests formal or emphatic denial rather than casual dismissal.

responsibility

accountability

Obligation for one's actions

exculpation · nonacceptance · disavowal · disowning · abnegation · eschewal · relinquishment · unwillingness · vindication · deflection

denial

disavowal

Rejection of connection

contradiction · negation · retraction · recantation · disaffirmation · counterstatement · disconfirmation · abnegation · abjuration · rebuff

waiver

surrender

Cease resistance, yield

abdication · resignation · cession · concession · withdrawal · renunciation · release · quitclaim · forsaking · yielding

legal

liability

Legal or financial obligation

damages · tort · disclosure · representation · jurisdiction · affidavit · counsel · settlement · contract · fiduciary

Categories
Opposites
acknowledgment of ownership or responsibility

disclaimedclaimed

Stated as fact

acknowledged · accepted · admitted · owned · embraced

assertion vs. denial

disclaimedclaimed

Stated as fact

asserted · acknowledged · maintained · declared · proclaimed

Phrases
Family

disclaim, disclaimer, disclaimers, disclaiming, disclaims

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G