disclaimer
Legal responsibility rejection
A disclaimer is a statement that limits responsibility or denies connection to something.
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To disclaim is to deny or renounce.
Careful attention to risk
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- noticeBecome aware of
- warningAlert about danger
hazard · risk · danger · safety · precaution · forewarning · admonition · caveat
Formal surrender of rights
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- termsConditions of an agreement
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
agreement · clause · provision · arbitration · jurisdiction · compliance · warranty · binding
Expressed claim or fact
- declarationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- notificationFormal notice given
- noticeBecome aware of
acknowledgment · admission · transparency · revelation · clarification · explanation · footnote · annotation
Rejection of connection
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- negationDenial or cancellation
- disowningFormally rejecting association
refutation · renunciation · distancing · dissociation · retraction · recantation · abnegation
Precaution against harm
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- defenseProtection against harm
- coverProtect by overlaying
- bufferProtective intermediate space
insurance · immunity · indemnification · exculpation · hold harmless · release · exoneration
Limit on action
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- provisoConditional clause in contracts
stipulation · reservation · exception · condition · parameter · scope · exclusion · carve-out
caution
Careful attention to risk
warning · hazard · risk · danger · safety · precaution · forewarning · admonition · caveat · prudence
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- termsConditions of an agreement
conditions · agreement · clause · provision · arbitration · jurisdiction · compliance · warranty · binding · statutory
statement
Expressed claim or fact
- declarationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- notificationFormal notice given
notice · acknowledgment · admission · transparency · revelation · clarification · explanation · footnote · annotation · asterisk
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- negationDenial or cancellation
disowning · refutation · renunciation · distancing · dissociation · retraction · recantation · abnegation
safeguard
Precaution against harm
buffer · insurance · immunity · indemnification · exculpation · hold harmless · release · exoneration
restriction
Limit on action
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
proviso · stipulation · reservation · exception · condition · parameter · scope · exclusion · carve-out · narrow
- content ratingsMPAA, rating system, movie rating, movie ratings, TV ratings
- ad rulesfalse advertising, ad ban, deceptive ads, misleading labels, truth in advertising
- fanfictionfanfiction, fan fiction, fic, fanfic, slash
- Legal Boilerplateterms and conditions, privacy policy, NDA, severability clause, force majeure
- legal waiversliability waiver, consent form, release form, waiver form, hold harmless
- liability clausesliability waiver, hold harmless, indemnification, indemnity, limitation
disclaimeracknowledgment
Confirmation of receipt
admission · acceptance · confession · concession · acknowledgement
disclaimeraffirmation
Positive statement of truth
assertion · confirmation · declaration · attestation · avowal
disclaimerendorsement
Formal expression of support
recommendation · approval · affirmation · backing · sanction
- warranty disclaimerStatement limiting seller responsibility