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Synonyms for deny
dɪˈnaɪde·ny
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
deny
Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.
Synonyms:
abandon, abjure, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revokeAntonyms:
acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
denyverb
declare untrue; contradict
"He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
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abnegate, traverse, refuseAntonyms:
grant, allow, acknowledge, admitdenyverb
refuse to accept or believe
"He denied his fatal illness"
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abnegate, traverse, refuseAntonyms:
admit, grant, acknowledge, allowdenyverb
refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
"The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
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abnegate, traverse, refuseAntonyms:
allow, grant, admit, acknowledgedeny, refuseverb
refuse to let have
"She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
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defy, turn away, traverse, refuse, pass up, turn down, abnegate, decline, resist, rejectAntonyms:
admit, allow, grant, acknowledgedeny, abnegateverb
deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
"She denied herself wine and spirits"
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abnegate, traverse, refuseAntonyms:
allow, admit, grant, acknowledgetraverse, denyverb
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
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traverse, cover, cut across, refuse, cross, sweep, span, get over, cut through, get across, track, pass over, abnegateAntonyms:
acknowledge, allow, admit, grantdenyverb
refuse to recognize or acknowledge
"Peter denied Jesus"
Synonyms:
abnegate, traverse, refuseAntonyms:
admit, acknowledge, grant, allow
Dictionary of English Synonymes
denyverb
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contradict, gainsay, declare to be untruedenyverb
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renounce, abjure, disown, disavow, abnegate, refuse to acknowledgedenyverb
Synonyms:
withhold, refuse to grant
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#212527 | abjure | |
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#249199 | forswear |
How to use deny in a sentence?
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
You can't deny laughter when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practice politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.
A person who wishes to buy [a suppressor] needs to go to a Class 3 gun dealer, pick one out, fill out a form with all kinds of personal information, provide [photo ID] and fingerprints, and they have to submit theform with a $200 payment to the ATF, and the ATF will approve or deny sale with no time limit.
We deny any smear campaign.
Translations for deny
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- نفىArabic
- отказвам, отричам, опровергавамBulgarian
- denegar, negarCatalan, Valencian
- zapřít, popřítCzech
- nægteDanish
- leugnen, verweigern, dementieren, vorenthalten, ablehnen, bestreitenGerman
- διαψεύδω, αρνούμαιGreek
- neiEsperanto
- negarSpanish
- uko egin, ezeztatu, ukatuBasque
- kiistää, kieltääFinnish
- nier, dénierFrench
- diùlt, àicheidhScottish Gaelic
- negarGalician
- הכחישHebrew
- menyangkalIndonesian
- smentire, negareItalian
- 拒否Japanese
- negō, denego, abnegō, negareLatin
- neigtiLithuanian
- nekte, motstride, fornekteNorwegian
- ontzeggen, ontkennen, weigerenDutch
- nekte, fornekte, motstrideNorwegian Nynorsk
- zaprzeczaćPolish
- negarPortuguese
- snegarRomansh
- negaRomanian
- отрицать, отказывать, отказать, отвергать, отвергнутьRussian
- förvägra, förneka, nekaSwedish
- заперечуватиUkrainian
- phủ nhậnVietnamese
- noönVolapük
- noyî, dismintiWalloon
- 拒绝Chinese
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