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Definition of "disclamation" [dis•cla•ma•tion]

  • The act or an instance of disavowing; renunciation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disclamation" in a sentence
  • "It is time for peace for compromise for mutual disclamation."
  • "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"
  • "It may be guessed by some that I had a certain parish in my eye, and this makes it proper I should add a word of disclamation."