Negate synonyms and antonyms
nĭ-gāt'
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To offset or cancel each other
To recall; to summon (a person) again.
Refute is defined as to prove that something is false.
deny (related)
To deny is defined as to refuse to admit something, refuse to agree to something, refuse to acknowledge something or refuse to accept something.
(Intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.
To draw back:
To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.
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To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.]
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
To do away with; put an end to; annul:
To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument:
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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To nullify is to invalidate something or cancel the effectiveness of something.
To put an end to or destroy:
To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
(Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; renege
To reverse the doing of (something accomplished); do away with; cancel; annul
The power of one branch of government to prohibit a certain action by another; for example, the chief executive’s right to refuse to sign a legislature-passed bill into law.
confirm (antonym)
To make firm; strengthen; establish; encourage
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support (antonym)
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
validate (antonym)
To establish the soundness, accuracy, or legitimacy of:
approve (antonym)
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
allow (antonym)
To let do or happen; permit:
permit (antonym)
To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
To counteract is to act in opposition to or against some force in order to neutralize the force.
The definition of abrogate is defined as to end something, especially when some formal step is needed to end it.
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(Physics) To participate in annihilation. Used of particles and antiparticles.
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
To excrete body wastes.
To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
To be inconsistent with; be contrary to:
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(Law) To refuse to abide by (a contract, agreement, etc.); repudiate
(Rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
affirm (related)
To declare support for or belief in:
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To make inactive or ineffective.
obviate (related)
eliminate (related)
cancel-out (related)
justify (related)
lessen (related)
outweigh (related)
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circumvent (related)
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