denegation

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The Word of the Day for November 14 is: 

denegation   \den-ih-GAY-shun\   noun
          : denial 

Example sentence:
           “The defendant’s actions,” the lawyer argued, “led to the denegation 
of my client’s rights as a citizen.”

Did you know?
          Even if we didn't provide you with a definition, you might guess the 
meaning of "denegation" from the "negation" part. Both words are ultimately 
derived from the Latin verb "negare," meaning "to deny" or “to say no,” and 
both first arrived in English in the15th century. "Negare" is also the source 
of our "abnegation" ("self-denial"), "negate" ("to deny the truth of"), and 
"renegade" (which originally referred to someone who leaves, and therefore 
denies, a religious faith). Even "deny" and "denial" are "negare" descendants. 
Like "denegation," they came to us from "negare" by way of the Latin 
"denegare," which also means "to deny."





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