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ne·ga·tion       [ni-gey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
2.a denial: a negation of one's former beliefs.
3.something that is without existence; nonentity.
4.the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light.
5.a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L negātiōn- (s. of negātiō) denial. See negate, -ion]

—Related forms
ne·ga·tion·al, adjective
ne·ga·tion·ist, noun
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ne·ga·tion       (nĭ-gā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act or process of negating.
  2. A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.
  3. The opposite or absence of something regarded as actual, positive, or affirmative.

ne·ga'tion·al adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
negation 
1530, from M.Fr. negation, from L. negationem (nom. negatio) "denial," from negatus, pp. of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). The verb negate (1623) is a back-formation.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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negation

noun
1. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement 
2. the speech act of negating 
3. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false 

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negation ne·ga·tion (nĭ-gā'shən)
n.
A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Negation

Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.]

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 affirmation.

Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. --Rogers.

2. (Logic) 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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