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Exact Match:

deny

declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"

deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"

refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

Synonyms:

• abandon,
• abjure,
• abstain,
• answer,
• answer conclusively,
• argue down,
• assert the contrary,
• avoid,
• back down,
• back out,
• backwater,
• ban,
• bar,
• be contrary to,
• begrudge,
• belie,
• brush aside,
• call into question,
• challenge,
• chuck,
• chuck out,
• climb down,
• close the hand,
• confound,
• confute,
• constrain,
• contemn,
• contest,
• contradict,
• contravene,
• controvert,
• counter,
• crawfish out,
• cross,
• crush,
• curb,
• debar,
• decline,
• defeat,
• demolish,
• desert,
• despise,
• disaffirm,
• disallow,
• disapprove,
• disavow,
• disbelieve,
• discard,
• disclaim,
• discount,
• discredit,
• disdain,
• dismiss,
• disown,
• dispose of,
• disprove,
• dispute,
• disregard,
• eat crow,
• eat humble pie,
• embargo,
• enjoin,
• eschew,
• except,
• exclude,
• exclude from,
• finish,
• floor,
• forbear,
• forbid,
• forgo,
• forsake,
• forswear,
• gag on,
• gainsay,
• grudge,
• hold back,
• ignore,
• impugn,
• inhibit,
• interdict,
• join issue upon,
• keep back,
• misbelieve,
• negate,
• negative,
• nonplus,
• not accept,
• not admit,
• not believe,
• not buy,
• not swallow,
• nullify,
• oppose,
• oppugn,
• outlaw,
• overthrow,
• overturn,
• overwhelm,
• parry,
• pass by,
• pass up,
• preclude,
• prevent,
• prohibit,
• proscribe,
• push aside,
• put to silence,
• rebuff,
• rebut,
• recall,
• recant,
• reduce to silence,
• refrain,
• refuse,
• refuse to admit,
• refuse to consider,
• refuse to credit,
• refute,
• reject,
• renege,
• renounce,
• repel,
• repress,
• repudiate,
• repulse,
• restrain,
• retract,
• revoke,
• rule out,
• sacrifice,
• say no to,
• scout,
• settle,
• shove away,
• shun,
• shut out,
• shut up,
• silence,
• smash all opposition,
• spurn,
• squash,
• squelch,
• subvert,
• suppress,
• swallow,
• taboo,
• take back,
• take issue with,
• throw away,
• throw out,
• traverse,
• turn away,
• turn down,
• turn out,
• unbelieve,
• undermine,
• unsay,
• upset,
• waive,
• withdraw,
• withhold