See Also: denial(medicine)
Denial(health)
denial(dictionary)
denial(dictionary)
self-denial(dictionary)
Denial(law)
DENIAL, pleading(law)

denial (iou)



denial noun. E16.
[from DENY verb + -AL1.]
The act of saying 'no'; refusal of something asked or desired. E16.
SELF-DENIAL.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew Neuer make denial; I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
A statement or assertion that something is untrue or untenable; contradiction; refusal to acknowledge the existence or reality of a thing. L16.
B. Jowett The denial of abstract ideas is the destruction of the mind.
(A) disavowal, disowning; esp. refusal to acknowledge a person as leader etc. L16.
Bible (AV): King John 18 Peters deniall.
Law. The opposing by a defendant of a charge etc. made against him or her. E18.
A drawback, disadvantage. dial. M18.
Bridge. A bid intended to show weakness in response to one's partner's bid. E20.