De*ni"al (?), n. [See Deny.]
1. The act
of gainsaying, refusing, or
disowning; negation; -- the
contrary of affirmation.
You ought to
converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A refusal to
admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's
subjects as much as they would
willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory
denials.
Hallam. 4.
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault
charged on one; a denial of God.
Denial of one's self,
a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or
propensities; self- denial.
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