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Word Meanings - NEGATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has. (more info) not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See 1. The act

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Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has. (more info) not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See 1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of Ant: affirmation. Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. Rogers.

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  • ABSENCE
    1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
  • HARDSHIP
    That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
  • DEPRIVATION
    the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order. (more info) 1. The act of
  • BEREAVEMENT
    The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.
  • DESTITUTION
    The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.
  • PRIVATION
    1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon. 2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need;
  • NEGATION
    Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has. (more info) not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See 1. The act
  • DENEGATION
    Denial.
  • SELF-ABNEGATION
    Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
  • ABNEGATION
    a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.
  • RENEGATION
    A denial. "Absolute renegation of Christ." Milman.

 

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