No; a word that expresses negation. I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3, 5.

It expresses also refusal. He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.

Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay, he urged it.

Denial

To refuse.