- an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false: Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse. The politician issued a denial of his opponent's charges.
- refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
- disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.
- the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.
- refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal: the traitor's denial of his country; Peter's denial of Christ.
- refusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the like; a plea that denies allegations of fact in an adversary's plea: Although she sued for libel, he entered a general denial.
- sacrifice of one's own wants or needs; self-denial.
- an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.
- a refusal to agree or comply with a statement; contradiction
- the rejection of the truth of a proposition, doctrine, etc
- a negative reply; rejection of a request
- a refusal to acknowledge; renunciation; disavowal
- a psychological process by which painful truths are not admitted into an individual's consciousness
- abstinence; self-denial
