The difference between Disclaim and Refuse
When used as verbs, disclaim means to renounce all claim to, whereas refuse means to decline (a request or demand).
Refuse is also noun with the meaning: collectively, items or material that have been discarded.
Refuse is also adjective with the meaning: discarded, rejected.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disclaim and Refuse
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Disclaim as a verb:
To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
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Disclaim as a verb:
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
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Disclaim as a verb (legal):
To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
Examples:
"rfquotek Burrill"
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Refuse as an adjective:
Discarded, rejected.
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Refuse as a noun:
Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
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Refuse as a verb (transitive):
To decline (a request or demand).
Examples:
"My request for a pay rise was refused."
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Refuse as a verb (intransitive):
To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
Examples:
"I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more."
"I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused."
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Refuse as a verb (military):
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
Examples:
"to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks"
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Refuse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To disown.
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Refuse as a noun (obsolete):
refusal
Examples:
"rfquotek Fairfax"
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Refuse as a verb:
To melt again.
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- disavow vs disclaim
- disclaim vs disown
- disclaim vs repudiate
- disclaim vs renounce
- disclaim vs refuse
- discards vs refuse
- garbage vs refuse
- refuse vs rubbish
- refuse vs trash
- decline vs refuse
- refuse vs reject
- nill vs refuse
- refuse vs say no to
- refuse vs turn down
- refuse vs veto
- refuse vs withsake
- refuse vs withsay
- refuse vs say no
- forbear vs refuse