Disclamation

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of disavowing; renunciation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of disclaiming or something disclaimed
  • n. a renunciation
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A disavowing or disowning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of disclaiming; a disavowing; specifically, in Scots law, the act of a vassal disavowing or disclaiming a person as his superior, whether the person so disclaimed be the superior or not.
  • Word Usage
    "Indeed, I reserve the rest of the piece until I can obtain admission to the Bannatine Club, 13 when I propose to throw off an edition, limited according to the rules of that erudite Society, with a facsimile of the manuscript, emblazonry of the family arms surrounded by their quartering, and a handsome disclamation of family pride, with HAEC NOS NOVIMUS ESSE"