Dictionary entries for 'quitclaim'

Synonyms

abandonment
abdication
demission
relinquishment
renunciation
resignation
surrender
waiver
abandon
abdicate
cede
demit
forswear
hand over
relinquish
render
renounce
resign
surrender
waive

quit·claim (kwĭt́klāḿ)

Law [Middle English quitclaime, from Anglo-Norman quiteclame, from quiteclamer, to release, quite, free; see quite, + clamer, to proclaim (from Latin clāmāre; see claim).]

noun

The transfer of a title, right, or claim to another.

transitive verb: -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.

To renounce all claim to (a possession or right).

noun

transitive verb: -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.

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