What is the Latin word for disclaim?

The usual Latin words for “disclaim” are dīmittō, contemnō, repudiō; also improbō, spernō, āspernor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“disclaim” in Latin

dīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,contemnōto scorn, despise, show contempt; to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregar repudiōto cast off, reject, repudiate, disdain, rebuff improbōto disapprove; to blame, condemn, reject spernōto move aside, push away; to sever, separate, remove; to despise, reject, scorn, spurn āspernorto cast off, turn away, avert, repel; to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn; to refuse, reject, decline recūsōto refuse, decline, reject; to protest, object negōto deny; to refuse, say no; to reject, refuse, say no to (something), turn down pernegōto deny entirely; to refuse flatly

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disclaim

renunciare alicui rei; also aliquid alicui (to give up as if by a formal declaration; e.g., the Stoics, Stoicis; public business, publicis officiis; anybody’s friendship, amicitiam alicui): dimittere or remittere aliquid (to let anything. go) to disclaim an opinion, remittere opinionem animo (to give up an opinion one has entertained): sententiam aspernari or contemnere (despise it): repudiare (to reject; e.g., consilium): improbare: (omnino) non probare (not to approve of): spernere: aspernari (to despise, and therefore reject): recusare (to refuse; e.g., amicitiam populi Romani): abjicere aliquid (to fling it away; e.g., honorem et gloriam): infitiari aliquid (especially a debt): negare: pernegare (the latter rare; to deny). ☞ A substantive after disclaim is often translated by an infinitive after negare: he disclaimed any intention of not respecting their territories, fines eorum se violaturum negavit: he disclaims all recollection, negat sememinisse; all knowledge of, scisse se, id vero pernegat (Terentianus); negat se scire: he disclaims all suspicion of, negat nec suspicari (Cic.): to disclaim a son, abdicare filium: anybody’s jurisdiction, imperium alicujus detrectare; dominationem alicujus detrectare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disclaim?: The usual Latin words for “disclaim” are dīmittō, contemnō, repudiō; also improbō, spernō, āspernor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.