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negative pregnant
A denial of wrongdoing that implies the opposite by denying only a qualification of the allegation, not the allegation itself. For example, if a defendant who is accused of embezzling a million dollars in 2007 denies the allegation by saying, "I did not embezzle a million dollars in 2007," the denial is pregnant with the possibility that the defendant may have embezzled a different sum of money in a different year.
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