negating
Making something void
Negating is denying, nullifying, or making ineffective.
To negate a claim is to declare it false; to negate an advantage is to cancel it out.
In logic, negating a statement produces its opposite: negating "all swans are white" yields "not all swans are white." His later testimony negated everything he'd said before.
Nullifying legally
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- cancellingEnding something planned
- invalidatingMaking something null
- revokingOfficially canceling authorization
rescinding · repealing · quashing · abrogating · abolishing · overturning · reversing · neutralizing
Disproving a claim
- disputingArguing over validity
- rebuttingDisproving another's argument
- counteringActing in opposition
- challengingHard to accomplish
opposing · disagreeing · debunking · contesting · objecting · dissenting · disproving · gainsaying
Declining to accept
- disclaimingDenying connection or responsibility
- disavowingRefusing to claim
- rejectingRefusing to accept
- disowningFormally rejecting association
renouncing · repudiating · rebuffing · declining · spurning · abjuring · recanting · vetoing
Weakening by covert means
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
reducing · lessening · attenuating · diluting · tempering · moderating · qualifying · limiting
annulling
Nullifying legally
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- cancellingEnding something planned
- invalidatingMaking something null
revoking · rescinding · repealing · quashing · abrogating · abolishing · overturning · reversing · neutralizing · undoing
refuting
Disproving a claim
- disputingArguing over validity
- rebuttingDisproving another's argument
- counteringActing in opposition
challenging · opposing · disagreeing · debunking · contesting · objecting · dissenting · disproving · gainsaying · controverting
refusing
Declining to accept
- disclaimingDenying connection or responsibility
- disavowingRefusing to claim
- rejectingRefusing to accept
disowning · renouncing · repudiating · rebuffing · declining · spurning · abjuring · recanting · vetoing · withholding
undermining
Weakening by covert means
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
mitigating · reducing · lessening · attenuating · diluting · tempering · moderating · qualifying · limiting · curtailing
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- verbal responsesreplying, responding, retorting, confirming, denying
- neutralizationneutralization, pH balance, buffer, buffer solution, buffering
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
negatingaffirming
Declaring something true
confirming · asserting · agreeing · acknowledging · assenting
negatingvalidating
Confirming truth or accuracy
corroborating · verifying · substantiating · confirming · authenticating
negatingestablishing
Creating or setting up
creating · preserving · maintaining · sustaining · perpetuating
- negative campaigningAttacking opponents during elections
- negative thoughts
- positive and negativeOpposing values or polarities
- negative numberValue below zero
- double negativePaired negations in syntax
- negative feedbackResponse indicating problems