The act of negating something.
A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
A denial or contradiction.
The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
something that causes privation or indicates an absence
causing privation; depriving
consisting in the absence of something; negative
indicating the absence of something