DENIAL


Meaning of DENIAL in English

n. Function: noun

1 refusal to satisfy a request or desire FF1C; denial of his visiting privileges FF1E;

Synonyms: disallowance, refusal, rejection

Related Words: declination, nonacceptance

Contrasted Words: allowing, conceding, grant, letting; leave, permission, sufferance

2 refusal to admit the truth FF1C; his denial that he took the money FF1E;

Synonyms: contradiction, gainsaying, negation

Related Words: controversion, disproof, rebuttal, refutal, refutation; refusal, rejection, repudiation

Contrasted Words: acknowledgment, avowal, confession; affirmation, assertion, confirmation

Antonyms: admission

3

Synonyms: RENUNCIATION , abnegation, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation

Related Words: abstaining, refraining

Contrasted Words: indulgence, self-indulgence; overdoing, overindulgence

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.