Noun

• S: (n) denial (denial%1:10:00::) (the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)) "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
• S: (n) denial (denial%1:10:01::), disaffirmation (disaffirmation%1:10:00::) (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)
• S: (n) denial (denial%1:22:00::) ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts)
• S: (n) abnegation (abnegation%1:04:00::), self-abnegation (self-abnegation%1:04:00::), denial (denial%1:04:01::), self-denial (self-denial%1:04:01::), self-renunciation (self-renunciation%1:04:00::) (renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others)
• S: (n) defense (defense%1:04:02::), defence (defence%1:04:02::), denial (denial%1:04:00::), demurrer (demurrer%1:04:00::) (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him) "he gave evidence for the defense"