Disclaim vs Shirk - What's the difference?
disclaim | shirk |
To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
* Dryden
* Farmer
* 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
*:"I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility," continued the other. "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation."
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
* Milman
(legal) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
* Hare
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
* Byron
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
* Bishop Rainbow
As verbs the difference between disclaim and shirk
is that disclaim is to renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject while shirk is to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc; to stay away from.As a noun shirk is
one who shirks or shirk can be (islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry.disclaim
English
(wikipedia disclaim)Verb
(en verb)- He calls the gods to witness their offence; / Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence.
- He disclaims the authority of Jesus.
- The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed .
- (Burrill)
Synonyms
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* (l) (Webster 1913)shirk
English
Etymology 1
First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- One of the cities shirked from the league.
- You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.