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Negation

nɪˈɡeɪʃn

Negation definitions
noun
negation negations
  1. the contradiction or denial of something

    "there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings"

    • 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-)
    • a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition

      "the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A’"

    • inversion

      "these formulae and their negations"

  2. the absence or opposite of something actual or positive

    "evil is not merely the negation of goodness"