Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun negation

3 senses of negation

Sense 1
negation -- (a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement)
       => statement -- (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day")

Sense 2
negation -- (the speech act of negating)
       => denial, disaffirmation -- (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)

Sense 3
negation -- ((logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false)
       => proposition -- ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)