different between disclaimer vs disclosure
disclaimer
English
Etymology
Partly from Middle English discleymer, from Anglo-Norman desclamer; and partly from disclaim +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?kle?m.?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?kle?m.?/
- Hyphenation: dis?claim?er
- Rhymes: -e?m?(r)
Noun
disclaimer (plural disclaimers)
- One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
- A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
- (law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
- (proscribed) A disclosure of an interest, relationship, or the like.
- 2012, Anant Rangaswami, "No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself", Firstpost, May 10, 2012
- It interviewed, among others, the director of Vasant Valley School, owned by the same family that part-owns Mail Today. No disclaimer was carried stating as much.
- 2018, Hallie Detrick, "What We Know About Sean Hannity's Shell Companies and Why It Matters", Fortune, April 23
- Though the fact that the two men do business together was disclosed on air, a recent op-ed penned by Lako and published on the Hannity show’s website had no such disclaimer.
- 2012, Anant Rangaswami, "No need for regulation in media – it’s happening by itself", Firstpost, May 10, 2012
Usage notes
- The use in the sense of a disclosure rather than a disavowal is a recent extension in meaning that disregards the etymology and may be considered incorrect usage.
Translations
Verb
disclaimer (third-person singular simple present disclaimers, present participle disclaimering, simple past and past participle disclaimered)
- (transitive, informal) To disclaim or disavow, as by appending a legal disclaimer.
- 2005, Raven Kaldera, Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts (page 229)
- When you can hear your lover say that painful thing straight up, without a lot of disclaimering or softening to make sure that your feelings will be hurt as little as possible, […]
- 2015, Evan Butler, Guardians of Life (page 45)
- Now that I have disclaimered myself, I can tell you the story of how one of the guards smoked Salvia divinorum and tripped balls for fifteen minutes […]
- 2005, Raven Kaldera, Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts (page 229)
References
- disclaimer at OneLook Dictionary Search
Old French
Verb
disclaimer
- Alternative form of desclamer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
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disclosure
English
Etymology
From disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?kl????(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?klo???/
Noun
disclosure (countable and uncountable, plural disclosures)
- The act of revealing something.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 13:
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; […]
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 13:
- That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.
- (law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.
- get full disclosure
Synonyms
- revelation
Antonyms
- closure
Derived terms
- nondisclosure
Related terms
- disclose
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