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Denial

Denial Meaning & Definition
Denial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Denial?

[n] renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
[n] a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
[n] the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
[n] the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
[n] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Denial: abnegation | defence | defense | demurrer | self-abnegation | self-denial | self-renunciation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Denial: abjuration | abjurement | abnegation | abrogation | absolute contradiction | abstaining | agnosticism | annulment | answer | argument | atheism | ban | bereavement | bucking | challenge | chucking | chucking out | complete answer | confounding | confutation | constraint | contempt | contention | contraband | contradiction | contraposition | contrary assertion | contravention | contraversion | controversion | cost | counteraction | countering | counterstatement | counterworking | crosscurrent | crossing | damage | dead loss | debit | declension | declination | declinature | declining | defense | demolition | demurrer | denudation | deprivation | despisal | despising | despoilment | destruction | detriment | disaffirmation | disagreement | disallowance | disapproval | disavowal | disbelief | discard | disclaimer | disclamation | discounting | discredit | discrediting | dismissal | disobedience | disowning | disownment | dispossession | disproof | disregard | dissent | divestment | effective rejoinder | Eighteenth Amendment | embargo | exception | exclusion | expatriation | expense | forbearance | forbiddance | forbidden fruit | forbidding | forfeit | forfeiture | forswearing | frugality | gainsaying | golden mean | head wind | heresy | holding back | ignoring | impugnation | impugnment | inability to believe | incredulity | index | index expurgatorius | index librorum prohibitorum | infidelity | inhibition | injunction | injury | interdict | interdiction | interdictum | law | loser | losing | losing streak | loss | minimifidianism | misbelief | moderateness | moderation | nay | negation | negative | negative answer | nix | no | nonacceptance | nonapproval | nonbelief | noncompliance | nonconsent | nonconsideration | no-no | nonobservance | nothing in excess | nullification | nullifidianism | objection | opposing | opposition | opposure | oppugnation | overthrow | overthrowal | palinode | palinody | passing by | perdition | plea | pleading | preclusion | prevention | privation | prohibition | Prohibition Party | prohibitory injunction | proscription | putting away | putting out | rebuff | rebutment | rebuttal | recantation | refraining | refusal | refutal | refutation | rejection | reneging | renouncement | renunciation | reply | repression | repudiation | repulse | resistance | response | restraint | restrictive covenants | retention | retractation | retraction | revocation | revokement | riposte | robbery | ruin | ruling out | sacrifice | scouting | self | self-control | self-denial | self-discipline | self-mastery | self-restraint | soberness | sobriety | sophrosyne | special demurrer | special pleading | spoliation | spurning | squelch | standing against | statement of defense | statute | stripping | subversion | sumptuary laws | suppression | taboo | taking away | temperance | temperateness | throwing out | thumbs-down | total loss | traversal | turndown | turning out | unbelief | unbelievingness | undercurrent | undermining | unsaying | unwillingness | upset | upsetting | veto | Volstead Act | withdrawal | withholding | zoning | zoning laws

See Also | abnegation | assertion | asseveration | averment | defence | defence mechanism | defence reaction | defense | defense mechanism | defense reaction | disavowal | due process | due process of law | entrapment | forgoing | forswearing | naysaying | negation | negative | refusal | renunciation | selflessness | self-sacrifice | speech act | trial

Denial In Webster's Dictionary

\De*ni"al\, n. [See {Deny}.] 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.

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