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.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: There never was a greater mistake.
I know better.
Non hæc in fædera.
