deny :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

abdicate, renounce

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

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

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

deprive

v. keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

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admit, acknowledge

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

contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

concede, profess, confess

v. admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"

confess, squeal, fink

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, hold

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

argue, contend, debate, fence

v. have an argument about something

agree

v. consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"

allow

v. grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"

vouchsafe

v. grant in a condescending manner

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