deny
verb
1 deny
Declare untrue; contradict.
Roget 757:
resign;
give up,
throw up;
lay down,
throw up the cards,
wash one's hands of,
abjure,
renounce,
forego,
disclaim,
retract;
deny
etc.
536.
abrogate
etc.
756;
desert
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
get rid of
etc.
782.
abdicate;
vacate,
vacate one's seat;
accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds;
retire;
tender one's resignation.
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Roget 485:
disbelieve,
discredit;
not believe
etc.
484;
misbelieve†;
refuse to admit
etc.
(dissent)
489;
refuse to believe
etc.
(incredulity)
487.
doubt;
be doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
doubt the truth of;
be skeptical as to
etc.
adj.;
diffide†;
distrust,
mistrust;
suspect,
smoke,
scent,
smell a rat;
have doubts,
harbor doubts,
entertain doubts,
suspicions;
have one's doubts.
demure,
stick at,
pause,
hesitate,
scruple;
stop to consider,
waver.
hang in suspense,
hang in doubt.
throw doubt upon,
raise a question;
bring in,
call in question;
question,
challenge,
dispute;
deny
etc.
536;
cavil;
cause a doubt,
raise a doubt,
start a doubt,
suggest a doubt,
awake a doubt,
make suspicion;
ergotize†.
startle,
stagger;
shake one's faith,
shake one's belief,
stagger one's faith,
stagger one's belief.
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2 deny
Refuse to accept or believe.
3 deny
Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request.
4 deny
Refuse to let have.
synonym: refuse.
Roget 764:
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down;
nill,
negative;
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent;
shake the head;
close the hand,
close the purse;
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire;
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to;
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon;
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one;
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross;
not grant
etc.
762;
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face;
rebuff;
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear;
deny oneself,
not be at home to;
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756;
disclaim,
protest;
dissent
etc.
489.
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Roget 536:
deny;
contradict,
contravene;
controvert,
give denial to,
gainsay,
negative,
shake the head.
disown,
disaffirm,
disclaim,
disavow;
recant
etc.
607;
revoke
etc.
(abrogate)
756.
dispute;
impugn,
traverse,
rebut,
join issue upon;
bring in question,
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
give the lie in his throat,
give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly,
deny peremptorily,
deny emphatically,
deny absolutely,
deny wholly,
deny entirely;
give the lie to,
belie.
repudiate
etc.
610;
set aside,
ignore
etc.
460;
rebut
etc.
(confute)
479;
qualify
etc.
469;
refuse
etc.
764.
recuse [Law].
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5 deny
Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.
synonym: abnegate.
Dutch: logenstraffen, loochenen, ontkennen
6 deny
Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit.
synonym: traverse.
7 deny
Refuse to recognize or acknowledge.
Dutch: miskennen
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