DENY

(REFUSE) [verb] [T] - not to allow; to refuseHer request for time off work was denied.No one should be denied a good education./A good education should be denied to no one. [+ two objects]The goalkeeper denied him his third goal. [+ two objects]I would have liked to have learnt French, but I was denied (= not given) the opportunity/the opportunity was denied (to) me at school. [+ two objects]Many parents deny themselves (= do not allow themselves to have or do things) in order to do as much as they can for their children.