Negation

#536. Negation. -- N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation[obs][Law], protest; recusancy &c. (dissent) 489; flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi[Lat].
• qualification &c. 469; repudiation &c. 610; retraction &c. 607; confutation &c. 479; refusal &c. 764; prohibition &c. 761.
• V. deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.
• disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant &c. 607; revoke &c (abrogate) 756.
• dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question &c. (doubt) 485; 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 &c. 610; set aside, ignore &c. 460; rebut &c. (confute) 479; qualify &c. 469; refuse &c. 764.
• recuse[Law].
• Adj. denying &c. v.; denied &c. v.; contradictory; negative, negatory; recusant &c. (dissenting) 489; at issue upon.
• Adv. 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.
• Phr. there never was a greater mistake; I know better; non haec in faedera[Lat]; a thousand times no.

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