n. 25B6; noun
the reports met with a denial : CONTRADICTION, refutation, rebuttal, repudiation, disclaimer; negation, dissent; Law disaffirmation.
the denial of insurance to certain people : REFUSAL, withholding; rejection, rebuff, repulse, veto, turndown; informal knock-back; N. Amer. formal declination.
the denial of worldly values : RENUNCIATION, eschewal, repudiation, disavowal, rejection, abandonment, surrender, relinquishment.