deny
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/dɪˈnaɪ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To disallow or reject.“I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.”
- To assert that something is not true.“Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.”
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.“My father denied me a good education.”
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
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Synonyms
contradictdisclaimgainsayrefutewithsayrefusetraversedisallowrepudiatedisavowaldisavowrejectrefusalinvalidateforbidrejectionnullifydenial