v. 25B6; verb
the report was denied by witnesses : CONTRADICT, repudiate, challenge, contest, oppose; disprove, debunk, explode, discredit, refute, rebut, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash; informal shoot full of holes; formal gainsay; Law disaffirm.
he denied the request : REFUSE, turn down, reject, rebuff, repulse, decline, veto, dismiss; informal knock back, give the thumbs down to, give the red light to.
she had to deny her parents : RENOUNCE, eschew, repudiate, disavow, disown, wash one's hands of, reject, discard, cast aside, abandon, give up; formal forswear; poetic/literary forsake.
confirm, accept.