negate — OAT · Shobdo

negate

verb

1 legislators immediately took steps to negate the effects of the Court's ruling:

invalidate, nullify, render null and void, render invalid, make ineffective, neutralize, cancel (out);

undo, reverse, annul, void, revoke, rescind, abrogate, repeal, retract, countermand, overrule, overturn;

Law avoid.

▷antonyms confirm, support, validate.

2 negating the political nature of education:

deny, dispute, call into question, contradict, refute, rebut, discredit, disclaim, reject, repudiate;

formal gainsay;

rare controvert.

▷antonyms confirm, ratify.