#536.  Negation. —­ N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal,
disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation[obs3][Law], protest; recusancy &c (dissent) 489; flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi[Lat].
     qualification &c 469; repudiation &c 610; retraction &c 607;
confutation &c 479; refusal &c 764; prohibition &c 761. 
     V. deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay,
negative, shake the head.
     disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant &c 607; revoke &c
(abrogate) 756.
     dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question,
call in question &c. (doubt) 485; give (one) the lie in his throat.
     deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely,
deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie.
     repudiate &c 610; set aside, ignore &c 460; rebut &c. (confute) 479;
qualify &c 469; refuse &c 764.
     recuse[Law]. 
     Adj. denying &c.v.; denied &c.v.; contradictory; negative, negatory;
recusant &c (dissenting) 489; at issue upon. 
     Adv. no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at
all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way [coll.]; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire[Fr], far from it; tant s’en faut[Fr]; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively.
     [negative with respect to time] never, never in a million years; at no
time. 
     Phr. there never was a greater mistake; I know better; non haec in
faedera[Lat]; a thousand times no.

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     #537.  Teaching.—­ N. teaching &c.v.; instruction; edification;
education; tuition; tutorage, tutelage; direction, guidance; opsimathy[obs3].
     qualification, preparation; training, schooling &c. v.; discipline;
excitation.
     drill, practice; book exercise.
     persuasion, proselytism, propagandism[obs3], propaganda;
indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation; advise &c. 695.
     explanation &c (interpretation) 522; lesson, lecture, sermon;
apologue[obs3], parable; discourse, prolection[obs3], preachment; chalk talk; Chautauqua [U.S.].
     exercise, task; curriculum; course, course of study; grammar, three
R’s, initiation, A.B.C. &c (beginning) 66.
     elementary education, primary education, secondary education,
technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics[obs3], moral tuition.
     gymnastics, calisthenics; physical drill, physical education;
sloyd[obs3].
     [methods of teaching] phonics; rote, rote memorization, brute memory;
cooperative learning; Montessori method, ungraded