Definition of Denal
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The negation in logic
The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."
- A refusal to comply with a request.
Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
- An assertion of untruth
The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.
- Refusal to believe a problem exists
We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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