quitclaim means A renunciation of claims. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
quitclaim is pronounced /ˈkwɪtkleɪm/.
Why “quitclaim” is a great word
QUITCLAIM — [Noun, Verb] A formal renunciation or transfer of a legal claim or interest in property; to perform that act. From Middle English quiteclaymen, from Anglo-Norman quiteclamer, from clamer quite (to declare free or clear). Formed from quit (meaning 'free, clear') + claim. First attested c. 1300. Unlike a warranty deed, which guarantees a defended title, or a general release, which broadly surrenders a contractual right, a quitclaim is a bare transfer of potentiality, offering only what one might, or might not, hold. It is the notarized severance of a shared inheritance, the key placed on a cold tabletop without a backward glance, the bureaucratic stroke that extinguishes a dream of a mineral claim—a formal architecture for the quiet dissolution of what was never truly owned.
noun
- A renunciation of claims.
- A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
verb
- To relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).“1991, JD Gordon, "How Not to Succeed in Law School", Yale Law Journal, April
I hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, transfer, and quitclaim all my right, title, interest, benefit, and use whatever in, of, and concerning this chattel, otherwise known as an orange, or citrus orantium, together with all the appurtenances thereto of skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice for his own us”