“Disclaimer (noun): A specific denial or disavowal, especially an explicit public statement of nonresponsibility or nonaffiliation; protective explanation; waiver. Adjective: disclamatory; verb: disclaim.
‘She turns on “Heated Topics,” a feminist talk show so controversial that it begins with viewer-discretion warning and ends with a disclaimer.’ Mary Cantwell, The New York Times”
Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.