Meaning of gainsay in English

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gainsay

verb [ T often in negatives ]

formal uk /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ us /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ gainsaid | gainsaid
to refuse to accept something as the truth:
Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his
performance.
Synonyms
challenge
dispute

Examples of gainsay

gainsay
The courts cannot gainsay the legislation and set it aside because they think that a better
standard should be endorsed.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
What gives that claim its credibility is the fact that it does not overlook or gainsay the
routineness of the routine cases.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
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