nondisparagement en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + disparagement.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Not disparaging (a competitor, former employer, etc. as part of an agreement).
Mr. [Nicholas] Negroponte said eliminating the comparisons was required as part of a nondisparagement clause in the partnership agreement the two companies had signed.
2008 January 5, John Markoff, “Intel Quits Effort to Get Computers to Children”, in New York Times:a nondisparagement clause/agreement
Faced with his belief of such astounding potential for catastrophe, [Daniel] Kokotajlo observed within his exit documents what [Kelsey] Piper would detail in her story: If he didn’t sign a nondisparagement agreement, committing to never speaking negatively about the company, he would forfeit his vested equity.
2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN: