˜yÐÄvlog

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denegation

[ den-i-gey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. denial; contradiction.


denegation

/ ËŒ»åÉ›²Ôɪˈɡ±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a denial, contradiction, or refusal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of denegation1

First recorded in 1480–90, denegation is from the Late Latin word »åŧ²Ô±ð²µÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of »åŧ²Ô±ð²µÄå³Ù¾±Å ). See de-, negation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of denegation1

C17: from Late Latin »åŧ²Ô±ð²µÄå³Ù¾±Å, from Latin »åŧ²Ô±ð²µÄå°ù±ð to deny, refuse, from ²Ô±ð²µÄå°ù±ð to deny
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Example Sentences

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There was a hurried questioning of the band, a general denegation, and Gomez returned, discouraged.

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Urquhart’s letter is so enormously long, so overlaid with matter, and so stuffed with acrimonious abuse, that it is difficult to seize the points of it; but that to which general attention is directed is the positive assertion of Lord Palmerston that he had nothing to do with the ‘Portfolio,’ and the announcement of Urquhart that in consequence of such denegation he will demonstrate that Palmerston had everything to do with it.

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So were they titled by all, and they accepted the title with a genuine and holy simplicity which betokened a truer modesty than the pretended denegation which we might expect.

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