negation
Roget-categorie 536
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.9. Modes of communication
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Negation
zelfstandig naamwoord
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.
werkwoord
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].
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
denying
etc.
v. —
denied
etc.
v. —
contradictory —
negative,
negatory —
recusant
etc.
(dissenting)
489 —
at issue upon.
bijwoord
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.
uitdrukking
there never was a greater mistake —
I know better —
non haec in faedera [Lat.] —
a thousand times no.
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