Synonyms:
denial
Meaning: the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
Synonyms:
denial, disaffirmation
Meaning: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
Synonyms:
denial
Meaning: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
Synonyms:
abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
Meaning: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Usage examples
He allowed the imputation to pass without denial.
I utterly deny the assertion, and also appeal to statistics in support of the denial.
The Assertion And Denial Of The Will To Live, When Self-Consciousness Has Been Attained.
She would bear no denial, declaring that it would be worse for her alone at home, than if we took her with us.
A miracle only means the liberty of God. You may conscientiously deny either of them, but you cannot call your denial a triumph of the liberal idea.
But I must say that your persistent denial of your complicity with that scoundrel Jackson does not look much like contrition, or intended amendment."
This affirmation and denial form an issue, and this issue--this question is precisely what the text declares our fathers understood "better than we."
You shall conquer, for my sake, this affectation which leads you, as you yourself acknowledge, to the tacit or implied denial of your infirmity of vision.
Already a conviction in regard to it was pressing upon me, and I resolved to let him talk, this time, as freely as he would, without interruption or denial.
Newspaper correspondents wrote broadcast and witnesses were quoted, and this time there is no mention of a hoax, and, except by one scientist, there is no denial that the fall did take place.