Thesaurus: denial

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1. n. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
2. n. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
3. n. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
4. n. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
5. n. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
6. n. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
7. n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
8. n. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
9. n. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
10. 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. 3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam. 4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
11. n:100 n. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) n. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts