{
  "nay":{
    "not merely this but also":{
      "examples":[
        "I was angry\u2014 nay , furious\u2014at the way they were treating that poor dog"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "even",
        "indeed",
        "truly",
        "verily",
        "yea"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assuredly",
        "certainly",
        "decidedly",
        "definitely",
        "doubtless",
        "incontestably",
        "incontrovertibly",
        "indisputably",
        "positively",
        "really",
        "surely",
        "undeniably",
        "undoubtedly",
        "unquestionably"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a vote or decision against something":{
      "examples":[
        "when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "negative",
        "no",
        "non placet"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "con",
        "blackball",
        "veto",
        "denial",
        "negation",
        "refusal"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pro",
        "acceptance",
        "approval",
        "grace"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "positive",
        "yea",
        "yes"
      ]
    },
    "an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
      "examples":[
        "gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "declination",
        "denial",
        "disallowance",
        "no",
        "nonacceptance",
        "refusal",
        "rejection",
        "turndown"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "rebuff",
        "repudiation",
        "repulse",
        "spurn",
        "negative",
        "ban",
        "injunction",
        "veto",
        "deterrence",
        "discouragement",
        "repression",
        "suppression"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acceptance",
        "accession",
        "acquiescence",
        "agreement",
        "assent",
        "authorization",
        "clearance",
        "concurrence",
        "consent",
        "leave",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "permission",
        "sanction",
        "sufferance",
        "imprimatur",
        "seal",
        "signature",
        "stamp"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "allowance",
        "approval",
        "grant",
        "OK",
        "okay"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}