disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation [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 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 &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.