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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See {Deny}.]
1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation;
-- the contrary of {affirmation}.
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You ought to converse with so much sincerity that
your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge,
imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing
stated or maintained; a contradiction.
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3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
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The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's
subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . .
had not to complain of many peremptory denials.
--Hallam.
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4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with;
disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial
of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
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{Denial of one's self}, a declining of some gratification;
restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
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