denial   (Sound)

The noun denial has 5 senses

• denial -- (the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges")


• denial, disaffirmation -- (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)


• denial -- ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts)


• abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation -- (renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others)


• defense, defence, denial, demurrer -- (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense")