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noun
1the contradiction or denial of something:there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings Grammar denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g., not, no, never) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g., nothing, non-). Logic a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition:the negation of A is, briefly, “not A.” Mathematics inversion:these formulae and their negations
2the absence or opposite of something actual or positive:evil is not merely the negation of goodness
