DENY
- to declare that (a statement) is not true
- to refuse to agree to or give
- to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial
- to disown
- to declare to be untrue [v DENIED, DENIES, DENYING] : DENYINGLY [adv]
- to declare to be untrue, also DENAY [v DENIED, DENYING, DENIES]