| deny | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. deny | declare untrue; contradict.; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" |
| ~ disclaim | make a disclaimer about.; "He disclaimed any responsibility" |
| ~ repudiate | reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust.; "She repudiated the accusations" |
| ~ disavow | refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with.; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children" |
| ~ contradict, contravene, negate | deny the truth of. |
| v. (communication) | 2. deny | refuse to accept or believe.; "He denied his fatal illness" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| ~ abnegate | deny or renounce.; "They abnegated their gods" |
| v. (possession) | 3. deny | 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" |
| ~ withhold, keep back | hold back; refuse to hand over or share.; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" |
| v. (possession) | 4. deny, refuse | refuse to let have.; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ abnegate, deny | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.; "She denied herself wine and spirits" |
| ~ withhold, keep back | hold back; refuse to hand over or share.; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" |
| v. (possession) | 5. abnegate, deny | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.; "She denied herself wine and spirits" |
| ~ deny, refuse | refuse to let have.; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (communication) | 6. deny, traverse | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit. |
| ~ practice of law, law | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.; "he studied law at Yale" |
| v. (communication) | 7. deny | refuse to recognize or acknowledge.; "Peter denied Jesus" |
| ~ disavow | refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with.; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children" |
| refuse | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| v. (communication) | 2. decline, refuse | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ contract out | refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use. |
| ~ regret | decline formally or politely.; "I regret I can't come to the party" |
| ~ repudiate | refuse to recognize or pay.; "repudiate a debt" |
| ~ disobey | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
| v. (possession) | 3. decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down | refuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ dishonor, dishonour | refuse to accept.; "dishonor checks and drafts" |
| ~ bounce | refuse to accept and send back.; "bounce a check" |
| v. (stative) | 4. defy, refuse, resist | elude, especially in a baffling way.; "This behavior defies explanation" |
| ~ beggar | be beyond the resources of.; "This beggars description!" |
| ~ elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
| v. (stative) | 5. refuse, reject, resist | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ.; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| v. (social) | 6. refuse, reject, turn away, turn down | refuse entrance or membership.; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
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