Thesaurus: deny

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1. v. t. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
2. v. t. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
3. v. t. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
4. v. t. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
5. v. i. To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
6. v. declare untrue; contradict
7. v. refuse to accept or believe
8. v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
9. v. refuse to let have
10. v. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
11. v. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
12. v. refuse to recognize or acknowledge