Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To declare untrue; assert to be false.
- transitive verb To refuse to believe; reject.
- transitive verb To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
- transitive verb To decline to grant or allow; refuse.
- transitive verb To give a refusal to; turn down or away.
- transitive verb To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To say “no” or “nay” to; gainsay; contradict.
- To declare to be untrue or untenable; reject as false or erroneous; refuse to admit, accept, or believe: as, to
deny an accusation, or the truth of a statement or a theory; to deny a, doctrine. - To refuse; refuse to grant or give; withhold or withhold from: as, to
deny bread to the hungry; to deny a request. - To reject as non-existent or unreal; refuse to believe in the existence of; disallow the reality of.
- To refuse access to; keep from being seen; withhold from view or intercourse: as, he denied himself to visitors.
- To refuse to acknowledge; disavow; renounce; disown.
- To forbid.
- To contradict; repel; disprove.
- Synonyms To disclaim, renounce, abjure.
- To answer in the negative; refuse to comply.
- noun Denial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To answer in ��� negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
- transitive verb To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to
affirm ,allow , oradmit . - transitive verb obsolete To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
- transitive verb To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to.
- transitive verb To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- transitive verb to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To not allow.
- verb transitive To assert that something is not true.
- verb transitive To
disallow - verb transitive to
refuse to give or grant something to someone - verb sports, transitive To prevent from scoring.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb refuse to let have
- verb deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- verb refuse to recognize or acknowledge
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- verb refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- verb deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But whosoever shall deny me before men, _him will I also deny_ before my Father which is in heaven "(Ibid, 32, 33).
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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"Had Congress wished to bar private employers from discriminating against debtors in their hiring decisions, it could have done so by adding the phrase 'deny employment' to [the law] when it amended [the law] in 1994 and again in 2005."
Red Room: Donna Ballman: Potential Employees Beware: Some Employment Laws Hate Job Seekers Red Room 2011
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But one thing I can't deny is that Elena's interactions with the seven were highly entertaining.
Archangel's Kiss Spoiler Thread Nalini Singh 2010
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What I do deny is that we have been inconsistent with respect to our view of the Constitution.
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Meanwhile, Repugs time and again deny our heros aid and exploit the tragety every single chance they get.
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What I deny is that it had anything to do with a ‘free market’.
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One thing Hillary Clinton supporters can not deny is Obama's campaign has been much more disciplined and effective, has had no turn-over in key campaign ranks, has properly managed its finances, versus the circus that is Hillary Clinton's campaign, surprising considering her "experience" should have got her a better campaign staff.
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Having supported the Clintons and lived through the Clinton years, I have no desire to listen to them blame, complain deny and lie again.
Bill Clinton says race card allegation 'revolting strategy' 2008
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One thing no one can deny is how direspectful the media has been against clinton.
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What I deny is that either Ho Chi Minh or Che were any sense their moral equivalents.
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