DISCLAIMED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

disclaimed

verb

past tense of disclaim

as in denied

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank

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as in refuted

to declare not to be true her spokesperson flatly disclaimed the marriage rumor circulating in the press

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Recent Examples of disclaimed For the record, Duffy has strongly disclaimed any interest in the White House, which is, after all, just a bunch of boring grownups talking. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026 And Austria, for many years, disclaimed responsibility for its role in the Holocaust. — Cary Lowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 DeSantis, in making the announcement Wednesday, disclaimed any political motivation. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026

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Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Clancy’s defense files an emergency appeal to further question the holdout juror, but the appeal is denied.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of denied

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Burnham has refused to rule out tax hikes, and the British press is reporting that windfall taxes targeting banks might be on the table.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Iran has continued to attack some tankers shuttling oil through the strait – but those could be ships that refused to pay a toll, Brouhard suggested.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of refused

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Their case was previously rejected by the district court and appeals court.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
Meta, a week ago, rejected, then reversed course on an ad for Alex Gibney’s doc takedown Musk, and now a studio is about to weigh in on Meta.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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