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Meaning of denial

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  denial
      n 1: the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it
           resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
      2: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true [syn:
         {denial}, {disaffirmation}]
      3: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
      4: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests
         of others [syn: {abnegation}, {self-abnegation}, {denial},
         {self-denial}, {self-renunciation}]
      5: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges
         against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" [syn:
         {defense}, {defence}, {denial}, {demurrer}] [ant: {criminal
         prosecution}, {prosecution}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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