Verbs of Denial

Sim Nik (Australia)
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  1. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    This is all his meaning in abjuring malice, and invoking charity. Beardslee, Clark S.
  2. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
    His wife found herself ostracized in turn, and the marriage suffered. New York Times (Aug 24, 2012)
  3. proscribe
    command against
    Seven Middle East nations proscribe the death penalty for homosexual acts.
  4. nullify
    declare invalid
    Caffeine is also a diuretic so any momentary boost would be nullified by extra toilet stops.
  5. confute
    prove to be false
    It all comes to this: they were written to confute disbelievers. Notestein, Wallace
  6. rescind
    cancel officially
    First, the government should rescind its cuts in capital spending.
  7. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
    Changing course often meant repudiating his own work.
  8. abnegate
    deny or renounce
    He could not abnegate his responsibility and cast it upon others. Stalker, James
  9. contravene
    go against, as of rules and laws
    She had the facts to contravene anything they brought forward.” New York Times (Oct 16, 2010)
  10. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
    Young men are handsome and strong, young women beautiful and demure.
  11. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    He told me recently that incessant client demands were driving him crazy.
Created on Fri Feb 08 23:08:51 EST 2013 (updated Sat Feb 09 05:00:19 EST 2013)

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