negation

Roget category 536

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.9. Modes of communication
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#536. Negation

noun

negation, abnegation — denial — disavowal, disclaimer — abjuration — contradiction, contravention — recusation [Law], protest — recusancy etc. (dissent) 489 — flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi [Lat.].
qualification etc. 469 — repudiation etc. 610 — retraction etc. 607 — confutation etc. 479 — refusal etc. 764 — prohibition etc. 761.

verb

deny — contradict, contravene — controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.
disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow — recant etc. 607 — revoke etc. (abrogate) 756.
dispute — impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon — bring in question, call in question etc. (doubt) 485 — give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely — give the lie to, belie.
repudiate etc. 610 — set aside, ignore etc. 460 — rebut etc. (confute) 479 — qualify etc. 469 — refuse etc. 764.
recuse [Law].

adjective

denying etc. v. — denied etc. v. — contradictory — negative, negatory — recusant etc. (dissenting) 489 — at issue upon.

adverb

no, nay, not, nowise — not a bit, not a whit, not a jot — not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so — negative, negatory — no way [Coll.] — no such thing — nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort — quite the contrary, tout au contraire [Fr.], far from it — tant s'en faut [Fr.] — on no account, in no respect — by no, by no manner of means — negatively.
[negative with respect to time] never, never in a million years — at no time.

phrase

there never was a greater mistake — I know better — non haec in faedera [Lat.] — a thousand times no.

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