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Definition of deny
- declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
- refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
- 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"
Hyponyms: disclaim, repudiate, disavow, abnegate, withhold, keep back
Grouped Verbs: abnegate, refuse
Derivational Morphology: denier, denial, defense, defence, demurrer, refusal, abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation
Anagrams: dyne
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