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(verb) declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" |
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Related Words: contradict, contravene, disavow, disclaim, negate |
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Antonyms: admit |
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| 2. |
(verb) refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness" |
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Related Words: abnegate, renounce, repudiate |
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(verb) refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus" |
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Related Words: disavow |
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(verb) refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" |
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Synonyms: refuse |
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Related Words: hold on, keep, keep back, withhold |
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Antonyms: allow |
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(verb) restrain, esp. from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" |
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Related Words: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
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(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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Related Words: keep back, withhold |
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(verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit |
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Synonyms: traverse |
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