| 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" |
| disown | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. disinherit, disown | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. |
| ~ deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
| v. (communication) | 2. disown, renounce, repudiate | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| ~ reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| ~ apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances. |
| ~ abjure, forswear, recant, retract, resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" |
| ~ unsay, swallow, take back, withdraw | take back what one has said.; "He swallowed his words" |
| ~ rebut, refute | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof.; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" |
| ~ deny | refuse to accept or believe.; "He denied his fatal illness" |
| lay off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ leave off | stop using.; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" |
| ~ sign off | cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations. |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing.; "The government pulled the plug on spending" |
| ~ close off, shut off | stem the flow of.; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
| ~ cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ call it a day, call it quits | stop doing what one is doing.; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (social) | 2. furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" |
| ~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ downsize | dismiss from work.; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis" |
| ostracize | | |
| v. (social) | 1. ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun | expel from a community or group. |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| v. (social) | 2. ostracise, ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with.; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| ~ keep out, shut out, exclude, shut | prevent from entering; shut out.; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" |
| ~ boycott | refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with. |
| reject | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. cull, reject | the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. |
| ~ deciding, decision making | the cognitive process of reaching a decision.; "a good executive must be good at decision making" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ disbelieve, discredit | reject as false; refuse to accept. |
| ~ repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" |
| ~ recuse | challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law. |
| ~ reprobate | reject (documents) as invalid. |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| ~ brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| 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. (communication) | 4. disapprove, reject | deem wrong or inappropriate.; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ object | express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent.; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" |
| ~ deprecate | express strong disapproval of; deplore. |
| ~ deter, discourage | try to prevent; show opposition to.; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" |
| v. (communication) | 5. disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ rebuff, snub, repel | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject | refuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
| ~ turn down, turn away, refuse, reject | refuse entrance or membership.; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
| v. (stative) | 6. 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) | 7. 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. eliminate, reject, rule out, winnow out | dismiss from consideration or a contest.; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" |
| renounce | | |
| v. (social) | 1. abdicate, renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| ~ resign, vacate, renounce, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| v. (social) | 2. give up, renounce, resign, vacate | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ abdicate, renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (possession) | 3. foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce | turn away from; give up.; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
| ~ disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to. |
| ~ abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never claiming again.; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
| repudiate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" |
| ~ reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| v. (communication) | 2. repudiate | refuse to recognize or pay.; "repudiate a debt" |
| ~ refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| v. (communication) | 3. repudiate | reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust.; "She repudiated the accusations" |
| ~ deny | declare untrue; contradict.; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" |
| spurn | | |
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