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adversative conjunction

the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings

contradiction

opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency

the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

dialectic

a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"

lapse

let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

bilk

evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"

retire, withdraw

withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess"

shirk, shrink from

avoid; "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

refrain from, forbear from, avoid, desist from, abstain from, keep from

refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"

scrimshank

avoid; "shirk work" (British usage)

malinger, skulk

avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

slack

avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

spare, save

refrain from harming

fail, neglect

fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

muff

fail to catch, as of a ball

waive, relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with

do without; "We are dispensing with formalities"

break, break away

interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

welsh

cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

rest

be inactive, refrain from acting on something

fail

be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

miss

fail to attend an event or activity: "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"

cut, skip

intentionally fail to attend: "cut class"

miss, lack

be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

exclude

lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

contradict, belie, negate

be in contradiction with

refrain, forebear, forbear

not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"

help oneself, help

always used with a negative: "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"

stand by

not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

sit out

not participate in a sports game: "He sat out the game"

ant, anti

(prefix) opposite or opposing or neutralizing; "`ant' is a prefix in `antacid'"; "`anti' is a prefix in `antihistamine'and `antifreeze'"

else(ip), additional

more; "would you like anything else?"; "I have nothing else to say"

extra, other(a), additional

further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities"

nonglutinous, nonviscid

not resembling glue in texture

ungummed

not treated with adhesive gum

unadorned, undecorated

not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

untufted

not adorned with tufts; "untufted ears"

nonextant

no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction; "its nonextant original was written on vellum"- G.B.Saul

nonexistent

not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent"

vanished

having passed out of existence; "vanished civilizations"

extinct, nonextant

no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"

dead

not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"

unended

not ended; lacking an end or conclusion; "he did with the book still unended"

undone

not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

barren of(p), destitute of(p), devoid of(p), empty of(p), innocent of(p), void of(p)

completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding"

blank, clean, white

of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

empty-handed

carrying nothing in the hands

void

containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"

unfurnished with(p), unprovided with(p), unsupplied with(p)

lacking; "unfurnished with money or skill"

non

(prefix) reverse of or absence of; "`nonhuman' is a negative term containing `non' as a prefix"

lacking(p), missing, nonexistent, wanting(a)

not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

devoid

completely lacking

no(a)

quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time"

nary(a)

(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"

negatively

in a negative way; "he was negatively inclined"

never, ne'er

not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"

never

not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"

n't

contraction of `not'; combining form; "isn't"

no

used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong"

none

not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear"

neither

after a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and neither were they"; "just as you would not complain, neither should he"

nowhere

not anywhere; in or at or to no place; "I am going nowhere"

no longer, no more

not now; "she is no more"

anymore, any longer

at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; "Alice doesn't live here anymore"; "the children promised not to quarrel any more"

not yet

subsequent to a specified or implied time; "he hasn't arrived yet"

else

additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it could be done"

otherwise

in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"

no, no more

referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child"

let alone, not to mention

much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal"

rather, instead

on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

contradictorily

in a contradictory manner; "he argued contradictarily"

sine die

without a date fixed (as of an adjournment)

nay

not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

nevermore, never again

at no time hereafter; "Quoth the raven, nevermore!" -E.A.Poe

in no way, nohow

in no manner; "We could nohow make out his handwriting"

nowise, to no degree

in no manner; "they are nowise different"