denial
Nouns
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(n) the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
- it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges
- (n) the act of asserting that something alleged is not true disaffirmation,
- (n) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
- (n) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others self-abnegation, self-renunciation, abnegation, self-denial,
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(n) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- he gave evidence for the defense