Negation

n.	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.

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

NEGATION. Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig. 50, 16, 137.

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