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denial

English

  1. 🔊 the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
  2. 🔊 the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
    “it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges”
  3. 🔊 (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
  4. 🔊 renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
  5. 🔊 a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
    “he gave evidence for the defense”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 denegación denial
  2. 🔊 mentís denial
  3. 🔊 negación denial
  4. 🔊 negativa denial

Similar words

abnegation self-abnegation self-denial self-renunciation defense defence demurrer disaffirmation eighteenth amendment prohibition party volstead act abjuration abjurement abnegation abrogation absolute contradiction abstaining agnosticism annulment answer argument atheism ban bereavement