denial

denial
n
1. contradiction, gainsay, disaffirmation, negation, denegation; disavowal, unsaying, repudiation, disclaimer, disclamation, Rhet. apophasis; retraction, recantation, (usu. under oath) abjuration.
2. refusal, rejection, turndown, declination; rebuff, repulse; forbiddance, veto, disallowance, prohibition, proscription, disapproval, Inf. no-go; thumbs down, deaf ear.
3. renunciation, renouncement, disowning; disinheriting, disinheritance, disheriting.
4. refutation, answer, disproof, confutation; protest, objection, contravention; disagreement, dissent, demur, demurral.
5. disbelief, unbelief, skepticism, doubt, distrust

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