renegation

noun

1. the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
2. a denial: a negation of one’s former beliefs.
3. something that is without existence; nonentity.
4. the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light.
5. a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation.

noun

1. the opposite or absence of something
2. a negative thing or condition
3. the act or an instance of negating
4. logic
   1. the operator that forms one sentence from another and corresponds to the English not
   2. a sentence so formed. It is usually written –p, ~p, ̄p or ⇁ p, where p is the given sentence, and is false when the given sentence is true, and true when it is false

n.

early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio) “denial,” noun of action from past participle stem of negare “deny, say no” (see deny).

n.

1. A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.