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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See Deny.]
   1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation;
      -- the contrary of affirmation.
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            You ought to converse with so much sincerity that
            your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
                                                  --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.
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   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.
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   3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
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            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.
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   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.
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   Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification;
      restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
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