Associations to the word «Deny»
Noun
- Genocide
- Request
- Bosnia
- Nato
- Herzegovina
- Howe
- Flight
- Endeavor
- Allegation
- Balkans
- Sortie
- Deployment
- Absolute
- Easton
- Yvonne
- Accusation
- Files
- Yugoslavia
- Operation
- Sharp
- Das
- Denial
- Promise
- Zone
- Rumour
- Bail
- Visa
- Petition
- Injunction
- Iraq
- Involvement
- Can
- Rumor
- Spokesman
- Deni
- Parole
- Plaintiff
- Defendant
- Default
- Validity
- Noble
- Writ
- Insisting
- Watch
- Existence
- Legitimacy
- Squadron
- Assertion
- Johns
- Lp
- Spokesperson
- Southern
- Atheist
- Servitude
- Privilege
- Claim
- Italy
- Appeal
- Holocaust
- Accused
- Permission
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
DENY, verb. (transitive) To not allow.
DENY, verb. (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
DENY, verb. (transitive) To disallow
DENY, verb. (transitive) to refuse to give or grant something to someone
DENY, verb. (sports) (transitive) To prevent from scoring.
DENY, verb. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
DENY, verb. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
DENY ONESELF, verb. To decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practise self-denial.
Dictionary definition
DENY, verb. Declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money".
DENY, verb. Refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness".
DENY, verb. 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".
DENY, verb. Refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance".
DENY, verb. Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits".
DENY, verb. Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit.
DENY, verb. Refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus".
Wise words
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principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.