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n. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.

n. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.

n. Law The opposing by a defendant of an allegation of the plaintiff.

n. A refusal to accept or believe something, such as a doctrine or belief.

n. Psychology An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.

n. The act of disowning or disavowing; repudiation.

n. Abstinence; self-denial.

n. The negation in logic

n. A refusal to comply with a request.

n. An assertion of untruth

n. Refusal to believe a problem exists

n. A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

n. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

n. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

n. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

n. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession

n. The act of denying or contradicting; the assertion of the contrary of some proposition or affirmation; negation; contradiction.

n. Refusal to grant; the negation or refusal of a request or a petition; non-compliance.

n. Refusal to accept or acknowledge; a disowning; rejection: as, a denial of God; a denial of the faith or the truth.

n. In law, a traverse in the pleading of one party of the statement set up by the other; a defense.

n. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

n. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

n. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

n. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

"Professionals in the field use the term denial to describe this psychological response in which the self shields itself from feelings it cannot bear."

self-sacrifice    forgoing    renunciation    selflessness    forswearing    defense    defence reaction    defence mechanism    defense mechanism    defence   

refusal    contradiction    trial   

deny    denier    in denial    refusal   

negation    contradiction    disavowal   

aisle    dial    lisle    mistrial    pretrial    redial    retrial    rial    trial    vial   

refusal    rejection    acceptance    defiance    disbelief    assertion    declaration    protest    opposition    assurance