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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
Synonyms:
contradict, gainsay, declare to be untruedenyverb
Synonyms:
renounce, abjure, disown, disavow, abnegate, refuse to acknowledgedenyverb
Synonyms:
withhold, refuse to grant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#17665 | discard | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#27874 | contradict | |
#29907 | defy | |
#32349 | deprive | |
#32840 | disclaim | |
#37276 | refute | |
#38092 | retract | |
#39432 | negate | |
#42606 | renounce | |
#82810 | repudiate | |
#111844 | disown | |
#114534 | disavow | |
#128134 | recant | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#214744 | gainsay | |
#249199 | forswear |
How to use deny in a sentence?
There is no honor in forcing a girl to marry against her will, to use violence and abuse to deny a woman the right to choose the clothes she wears, the right to pursue the career she wants, the right to have the friends she wants.
Humanity prevails over all other ideologies because one accept it or reject it for him but he cannot deny it because it is about him.
She tweets about women's rights in this country and takes money from governments that deny women the most basic human rights. She tweets about equal pay for women but won't answer basic questions about her own offices' pay standards, hillary may like hashtags. But she doesn't know what leadership means.
Unlike in the hearing room, Mr. Attorney General Matt Whitaker did not deny that the President called him to discuss the Michael Cohen case and personnel decisions of the Southern District.
Standard practice is to neither confirm nor deny FBI investigations.
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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