nay
/neɪ/ noun C1- A vote against. · I vote nay, even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
- A person who voted against. · The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed; the nays have it.
Plural nays
From the library
“Nay, madame; I would place each of these heroes on his right pedestal—that of Robespierre on his scaffold in the Place Louis Quinze; that of Napoleon on the column of the Place Vendôme.
He was—nay, probably may still be—a Bonapartist, and is called Noirtier; I, on the contrary, am a staunch royalist, and style myself de Villefort.
“Nay, madame, the law is frequently powerless to effect this; all it can do is to avenge the wrong done.”
“Nay, dear mother, say the accused person.
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