<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false: Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse.</li><li>The politician issued a denial of his opponent's charges.</li><li>Synonyms: repudiation, disclaimer, disavowal</li><li>Antonyms: confession, acknowledgment, admission</li><li>refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.</li><li>disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.</li><li>the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.</li><li>refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal: the traitor's denial of his country; Peter's denial of Christ.</li><li>Law: refusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the like; a plea that denies allegations of fact in an adversary's plea: Although she sued for libel, he entered a general denial.</li><li>sacrifice of one's own wants or needs; self-denial.</li><li>Psychology: an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.</li></ul>