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

denial (oh)



[U and C] a statement saying that something is not true
-see also deny deny denial of
::The government issued an official denial of the rumour.
denial that
::denials that border security had not been strict enough
[U] when someone refuses to allow someone else to have or to do something
denial of
::protests against the denial of human rights
[U] a condition in which you refuse to admit or believe that something bad exists or has happened
in denial
::His girlfriend is in denial, and refuses to admit that he will soon die.