denial

• The act of refusing to comply (as with a request) (synset 107219061)
  hypernym: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
  hyponym:

  • abnegation - the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  • naysaying - the act of saying no to a request
  • negative - a reply of denial
  • refusal - the act of refusing
  • disavowal, disclaimer - denial of any connection with or knowledge of
• The act of asserting that something alleged is not true (synset 107218900)
  hypernym: assertion, asseveration, averment - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
  hyponym: negation - the speech act of negating
  synonym: disaffirmation
• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts (synset 113483154)
  domain category: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  hypernym: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
• Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others (synset 100206498)
  hypernym:

  • forgoing, forswearing, renunciation - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
  • self-sacrifice, selflessness - acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
  synonym: abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation
• A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him (synset 101201240)
  domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
  hypernym: due process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
  hyponym: entrapment - a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
  part meronym: trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
  synonym: defence, defense, demurrer

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