| contradict | | |
| v. | 1. belie, contradict, negate | be in contradiction with. |
| ~ depart, deviate, vary, diverge | be at variance with; be out of line with. |
| v. | 2. contradict, contravene, negate | deny the truth of. |
| ~ disagree, take issue, differ, dissent | be of different opinions.; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| ~ deny | declare untrue; contradict.; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" |
| v. | 3. contradict, controvert, oppose | be resistant to.; "The board opposed his motion" |
| ~ rebut, refute | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof.; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" |
| ~ negative, veto, blackball | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.; "The President vetoed the bill" |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| v. | 4. contradict, negate | prove negative; show to be false. |
| ~ logical system, system of logic, logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ nullify, invalidate | show to be invalid. |
| ~ confute, disprove | prove to be false.; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" |
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