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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A refusal, denial, or negation. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of saying no to a request wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of naysay form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

abnegationnaynegativenegativismnixno

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