deny

• "contradict"
• "He denied the allegations"
• "She denied that she had taken money"

• "He denied his fatal illness"

• "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"

• "She denies me every pleasure"
• "he denies her her weekly allowance"

Synonyms

• refusefood that is discarded (as from a kitchen) ; show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept; elude, especially in a baffling way; refuse to let have; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; refuse entrance or membership

• "restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure"
• "She denied herself wine and spirits"

Synonyms

• abnegatedeny oneself (something); surrender (power or a position); deny or renounce

Synonyms

• traversetravel across or pass over; to cover or extend over an area or time period; deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit ; a horizontal beam that extends across something ; a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it ; taking a zigzag path on skis ; travel across

• "Peter denied Jesus"