meaning of deny
1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
5. To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
6. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken
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