Dictionary Entry
denial
denial is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
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- 1noun
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
- 2noun
A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
- 3noun
A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
- 4noun
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
- 5noun
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
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- 6noun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
"he gave evidence for the defense"
- 7noun
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
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- 8noun
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
"it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
- 9noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
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