deny

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

2. 2transitive verb

   To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

3. 3transitive verb

   To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

4. 4transitive verb

   To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

6. 6verb

   declare untrue; contradict

   "He denied the allegations"

   "She denied that she had taken money"

7. 7verb

   refuse to accept or believe

   "He denied his fatal illness"

8. 8verb

   refuse to recognize or acknowledge

   "Peter denied Jesus"

9. 9verb

   deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

   Synonyms

   traverse
10. 10verb

    refuse to let have

    "She denies me every pleasure"

    "he denies her her weekly allowance"

    Synonyms

    refuse
11. 11verb

    deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

    "She denied herself wine and spirits"

    Synonyms

    abnegate
12. 12verb

    refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

    "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"