Deny

[dɪ'naɪ] or [dɪ'nai]

Definition

(verb.) declare untrue; contradict; 'He denied the allegations'; 'She denied that she had taken money'.

(verb.) refuse to accept or believe; 'He denied his fatal illness'.

(verb.) refuse to recognize or acknowledge; 'Peter denied Jesus'.

(verb.) refuse to let have; 'She denies me every pleasure'; 'he denies her her weekly allowance'.

(verb.) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; 'She denied herself wine and spirits'.

(verb.) 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'.

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Definition

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

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

(v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

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

(v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Contradict, gainsay, declare to be untrue.[2]. Renounce, abjure, disown, disavow, abnegate, refuse to acknowledge.[3]. Withhold, refuse to grant.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Refuse, reject, withhold, negative, contradict, gainsay, disclaim, disavow,disown, oppose

ANT:Grant, accept, concede, admit, affirm, confirm, afford, yield, indulge

Editor: Murdoch

Definition

v.t. to gainsay or declare not to be true: to reject: to refuse admission to: to disown:—pr.p. deny′ing; pa.p. denied′.—adv. Deny′ingly.—Deny one's self to deny one's self the indulgence of bodily appetites and carnal inclinations: to exercise self-denial.

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