deny

Verb
  1. Declare untrue;
    Contradict (synset 200818217)
    "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
    is a type of: contradict, contravene, negate - deny the truth of
    subtypes:
    • disclaim - make a disclaimer about
    • repudiate - reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
    • disavow - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
  2. Refuse to accept or believe (synset 200818664)
    "He denied his fatal illness"
    is a type of: disown, renounce, repudiate - cast off
    subtypes: abnegate - deny or renounce
  3. Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request (synset 202218972)
    "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
    is a type of: keep back, withhold - hold back; refuse to hand over or share
  4. Refuse to let have (synset 202217607)
    "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
    is a type of: hold on, keep - retain possession of
    subtypes: keep back, withhold - hold back; refuse to hand over or share
    same as: refuse
    verb group: abnegate, deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
  5. Deny oneself (something);
    Restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure (synset 202217856)
    "She denied herself wine and spirits"
    is a type of: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
    same as: abnegate
    verb group: deny, refuse - refuse to let have
  6. Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit (synset 201070402)
    referred to in: law, practice of law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
    same as: traverse
  7. Refuse to recognize or acknowledge (synset 200818828)
    "Peter denied Jesus"
    is a type of: disavow - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

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