denegation
noun
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Even if we didn't provide you with a definition, you might guess the meaning of denegation from the negation part. Both words are ultimately derived from the Latin verb negare, meaning "to deny" or "to say no," and both first arrived in English in the 15th century. Negare is also the source of our abnegation ("self-denial"), negate ("to deny the truth of"), and renegade (which originally referred to someone who leaves, and therefore denies, a religious faith). Even deny and denial are negare descendants. Like denegation, they came to us from negare by way of the Latin denegare, which also means "to deny."
Synonyms
- contradiction
- denial
- disallowance
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disconfirmation
- negation
- rejection
- repudiation
Example Sentences
Word History
borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French denegacion, borrowed from Late Latin dēnegātiōn-, dēnegātiō, from Latin dēnegāre "to deny" (from dē- de- + negāre "to say no [with the negative of a conjoined clause], deny, say no") + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at negate
15th century, in the meaning defined above
denegation
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- denial
- rejection
- contradiction
- disavowal
- repudiation
- refutation
- negation
- rebuttal
- disallowance
- disclaimer
- disconfirmation
- disproof
- negative
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confirmation
- acknowledgment
- admission
- declaration
- acknowledgement
- concession
- affirmation
- confession
- validation
- assertion
- documentation
- testimony
- testament
- avowal
- corroboration
- substantiation
- attestation