verb
- Declare untrue; contradict.
- usage: "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
- Refuse to accept or believe.
- usage: "He denied his fatal illness"
- Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request.
- usage: "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"
- Refuse to let have.
- usage: "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
- synonyms: refuse
- Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.
- usage: "She denied herself wine and spirits"
- synonyms: abnegate
- Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit.
- synonyms: traverse
- Refuse to recognize or acknowledge.
- usage: "Peter denied Jesus"
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