Antonyms for deny
dɪˈnaɪde·ny

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. 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.

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abjure, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deny

   Antonyms:
   grant, accept, concede, admit, affirm, confirm, afford, yield, indulge

   Synonyms:
   refuse, reject, withhold, negative, contradict, gainsay, disclaim, disavow, disown, oppose

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Disavow
   • Keep
   • Negate
   • Renounce
   • Withhold

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. denyverb

   declare untrue; contradict

   "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

   Antonyms:
   grant, allow, acknowledge, admit

   Synonyms:
   abnegate, traverse, refuse

2. denyverb

   refuse to accept or believe

   "He denied his fatal illness"

   Antonyms:
   admit, grant, acknowledge, allow

   Synonyms:
   abnegate, traverse, refuse

3. denyverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   allow, grant, admit, acknowledge

   Synonyms:
   abnegate, traverse, refuse

4. deny, refuseverb

   refuse to let have

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

   Antonyms:
   admit, allow, grant, acknowledge

   Synonyms:
   defy, turn away, traverse, refuse, pass up, turn down, abnegate, decline, resist, reject

5. deny, abnegateverb

   deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

   "She denied herself wine and spirits"

   Antonyms:
   allow, admit, grant, acknowledge

   Synonyms:
   abnegate, traverse, refuse

6. traverse, denyverb

   deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, allow, admit, grant

   Synonyms:
   traverse, cover, cut across, refuse, cross, sweep, span, get over, cut through, get across, track, pass over, abnegate

7. denyverb

   refuse to recognize or acknowledge

   "Peter denied Jesus"

   Antonyms:
   admit, acknowledge, grant, allow

   Synonyms:
   abnegate, traverse, refuse

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. denyverb

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, contradict, disavow, disown, abjure, renounce, abnegate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. askedadverb

   antonym

   asked

   Submitted by rambirichsharm on September 10, 2021  

2. confesses

   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

3. replied

   it is reply.so it's opposite deny

   i have replied now i deny for this work

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use deny in a sentence?

1. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.

2. Kevin Seifert:

   Democrats are ending this session of Congress as they started it — by advancing partisan priorities and ignoring any issue inconvenient to their political narrative, they want to gaslight Americans into believing there is no crisis on the Southern border. They want to deny the reality of a looming debt crisis, mind-trick people into believing our supply chain issues are fixed, and preemptively thwart any attempt at legitimate Congressional oversight. Rather than find areas of bipartisan consensus, Democrats are instead prioritizing President Biden’s re-election prospects. This isn’t surprising, but it is disappointing.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putins spokesman:

   This case has nothing to do with the Russian state, with authorities, i resolutely deny any connection between the killing and Russian officialdom.

4. Mark Esper:

   We presently have troops in a couple of cities that (are)located right near that area, the purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups that may want to seek that revenue to enable their own malign activities.

5. David Attenborough:

   It's much easier to deny it than it is to accept it, particularly for some people who, it might cost them a lot of money to accept it rather than to deny it.

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