Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section II. Modes of Communication

536. Negation.

   NOUN:NEGATION, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation, protest; recusancy (dissent) [See Dissent]; flat -, emphatic- -contradiction, – denial; démenti [F.].
  QUALIFICATION [See Qualification]; repudiation [See Rejection]; recantation, revocation; retractation [See Tergiversation]; rebuttal; confutation [See Confutation]; refusal [See Refusal]; prohibition [See Prohibition].
   VERB:DENY; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.
  deny -flatly, – peremptorily, – emphatically, – absolutely, – wholly, – entirely; give the lie to, belie.
  DISCLAIM, disown, disaffirm, disavow, abjure, forswear, abnegate, renounce; recant [See Tergiversation]; revoke (abrogate) [See Abrogation].
  DISPUTE, impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring or call in question (doubt) [See Unbelief. Doubt]; give (one) the lie in his throat.
  REPUDIATE [See Rejection]; set aside, ignore [See Neglect]; rebut (confute) [See Confutation]; qualify [See Qualification]; refuse [See Refusal].
   ADJECTIVE:DENYING &c. v.; denied &c. v.; revocatory, abjuratory, abnegative [rare], contradictory; negative, negatory; recusant (dissenting) [See Dissent]; at issue upon.
   ADVERB:NO, nay, not, nowise, noways; not a -bit, – whit, – jot; not at all, not in the least, not so; no such thing; nothing of the -kind, – sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire [F.], far from it; tant s’en faut [F.]; on no account, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; negatively.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. There never was a greater mistake.
2. I know better.
3. Non hæc in fædera.