Opposition, especially in speech.
This gainsaying may take numberless forms: [...]
Refusal to accept or believe something.
So that it is best to take this meaning here, and understand, that an oath puts an end to all gainsaying by confirming the matter one way, in which all parties consent [...]
Contradiction.
There is no gainsaying this logic.
present participle and gerund of gainsay
From Middle English gaynesayenge, ȝeinseiing, ȝeinsegging, equivalent to gainsay + -ing.
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