DENIAL

noun a refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

2. denial ·noun the act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation;

— the contrary of affirmation.

3. denial ·noun a refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, ·etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

4. denial ·noun a refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal;

— the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of god.