noun. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.

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noun. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.

noun. The formal challenge by a defendant of the truth of an allegation made by the plaintiff.

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noun. A refusal to accept or believe something, such as a doctrine or belief.

noun. An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.

noun. The act of disowning or disavowing; repudiation.

noun. Abstinence; self-denial.

noun. The act of denying or contradicting; the assertion of the contrary of some proposition or affirmation; negation; contradiction.

noun. Refusal to grant; the negation or refusal of a request or a petition; non-compliance.

noun. Refusal to accept or acknowledge; a disowning; rejection: as, a denial of God; a denial of the faith or the truth.

noun. In law, a traverse in the pleading of one party of the statement set up by the other; a defense.

noun. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

noun. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

noun. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

noun. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession

noun. a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.

noun. The negation in logic

noun. A refusal to comply with a request.

noun. An assertion of untruth

noun. Refusal to believe a problem exists

noun. A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

noun. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

noun. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

noun. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

noun. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

"Professionals in the field use the term denial to describe this psychological response in which the self shields itself from feelings it cannot bear."

contradiction  refusal  trial  

denier  deny  in denial  refusal  

defence  defence mechanism  defence reaction  defense  defense mechanism  

aisle  dial  lisle  mistrial  pretrial  

acceptance  acknowledgment  assertion  assurance  condemnation  

Eighteenth Amendment  Prohibition Party  Volstead Act  abjuration  abjurement