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   denial

   /dɪˈnʌɪəl/

   noun

   • 1. the action of denying something: "she shook her head in denial" Similar contradictioncounterstatementrefutationrebuttalrepudiationdisclaimerretractionabjurationnegationdissentdisaffirmationrare:confutationretractationOpposite confirmation
   • ▪ a statement that something is not true: "his pious denials of responsibility" Similar contradictioncounterstatementrefutationrebuttalrepudiationdisclaimerretractionabjurationnegationdissentdisaffirmationrare:confutationretractationOpposite confirmation
   • ▪ the refusal of something requested or desired: "the denial of insurance to people with certain medical conditions" Similar refusalwithholdingwithdrawalrejectiondismissalrebuffrepulsedeclinationvetoturndowninformal:thumbs downred lightknock-backOpposite acceptance
   • ▪ refusal to acknowledge an unacceptable truth or emotion or to admit it into consciousness, used as a defence mechanism: "I was an addict in denial"
   • ▪ short for self-denial
   • ▪ refusal to acknowledge someone as one's leader.

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