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gainsay

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To deny, dispute, or speak against a statement.

The report's clear evidence left little room to gainsay its narrow conclusion.

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Lina could gainsay the accusation that nobody had followed the recycling notice by pointing to several correctly prepared bags at the collection table.

From Reading a Claim Precisely.

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