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Gainsay

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disputenounAn argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
challengenounA confrontation; a dare.

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disputeverbAn argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
challengeverbA confrontation; a dare.
contradictverbTo deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
disproveverb(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
refuteverb(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
negateverbTo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
denyverb(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
counteractverb(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
rebutverbTo deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
counterverbOne who counts.
againsayverb(transitive, obsolete, rare) To contradict; to gainsay.
withsayverbTo contradict or deny.
controvertverb(transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something).
negativeNot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
undersayverbTo understate.
sublatenoun(transitive) To take or carry away; to remove.
contrarynounThe opposite.
contraveneverb(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
disaffirmverbTo deny, contradict or repudiate
downargverb(transitive, UK dialectal) To gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently.

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