deny

deny
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection.
Ant., acknowledge, admit.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. contradict, dispute, disagree with, disprove, disallow, gainsay, disavow, disclaim, negate, repudiate, contravene, controvert, forswear, revoke, recant, rebut, abnegate, call one a liar, rebuff, withhold, reject, refuse, renounce, discard, not admit, take exception to, disbelieve, spurn, doubt, veto, discredit, dismiss, impugn, confute, nullify, abjure, assert the negative of, say ""no'' to, declare not to be true, refute, disaffirm, refuse to acknowledge, not buy*, give the lie to*; see also confute , recant , refuse .
Ant. admit*, accept, affirm.
Syn.- deny implies a refusal to accept as true, real, valid, existent, or tenable [ he denied the charge ] ; to gainsay is to dispute what a person says or to challenge the person saying it [ facts that cannot be gainsaid] ; contradict not only implies emphatic denial, but, in addition, often suggests belief or evidence that the opposite or contrary is true [the facts contradict his statement]; impugn implies a direct, forceful attack against that which one calls into question [ she impugned his motives ]
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. refuse turn down, reject, veto, say no, turn thumbs down, prohibit, disallow.
2. controvert dispute, gainsay, contradict, disclaim, forswear, refute, repudiate.
ANT.: 1. allow, *give the green light, okay, pass. 2. concede, affirm
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of: contradict, contravene, controvert, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, oppugn. Law: traverse. See AFFIRM. 2. To be unwilling to grant: disallow, refuse, turn down, withhold. See ACCEPT. 3. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge: disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate. Idiom: turn one's back on. See ACCEPT.

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