deny :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

declare untrue

v. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

refuse

v. refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"

contradict, controvert, oppose

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

control, mortify, subdue, contain

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

renounce, abdicate

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

reject, disapprove, refuse to approve

v. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

veto, interdict, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, disallow

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

dispute, challenge, gainsay

v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

oppose, be against, express opposition to

v. be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"

deprive

v. keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

acknowledge, admit

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

allow, profess, concede, confess

v. admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"

squeal, confess, shrive

v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

confess

v. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

declare, adjudge, declare to be

v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

fence, debate, contend, argue

v. have an argument about something

concur, agree

v. be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"

grant, allow

v. let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

vouchsafe

v. grant in a condescending manner

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