- negation
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)Denial of truthNouns — negation, negativeness, abnegation, denial, deniability, disavowal, disclaimer, abjuration, contradiction, contravention, repudiation, retraction, refutation, rebuttal, disproof, confutation, refusal, prohibition. See nullification, unwillingness.Verbs — negate, deny, contradict, contravene, controvert, gainsay, forswear, disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow, recant, revoke, abrogate, veto; dispute, impugn, traverse, call in question, doubt, give the lie to, disprove, explode, belie; repudiate, set aside, ignore, confute, rebut, refute, qualify, refuse.Adjectives — negative, negatory, denying, denied, contradictory, contrary, recusant, dissenting.Adverbs — no, nay, not, nowise, not a bit, not at all, not in the least, no such thing, nothing of the kind, quite the contrary, far from it, on no consideration, on no account, in no respect, by no means, for the life of me; let alone, less than; negatively, never, not ever; perish the thought, not for the world, anything but. Dialect, nohow. Informal, not on your life; nary a. Slang, like fun, fat chance, not by a long shot, nothing doing; in a pig's eye or ass, in your eye.Quotations — This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice (Bible).II(Roget's IV) n.1. [Opposite]Syn. contradiction, converse, contrary; see opposite .2. [Denial]III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.contradiction, denial, repudiation, refutation, cancellation.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An often formal act of putting an end to: abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, nullification, voidance. Law: avoidance, extinguishment. See CONTINUE. 2. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or charge: contradiction, denial, disaffirmance, disaffirmation, disclaimer, rejection. Law: traversal. See AFFIRM.
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