Denial

Definition: Denial

Denial

Noun

1. The act of refusing a request; "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges".

2. An assertion that something alleged is not true.

3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts.

4. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.

5. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "denial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Denial \De*ni"al\, noun. [See Deny.]. (references)

Synonyms: Denial

Compulsion

Force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon.

Negation

Verb: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.

Recusation, protest; recusancy; (dissent); flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi.

Noun: negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention;

Obstinacy

Verb: be obstinate; Adjective: stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way; (will); persist; (persevere) a; have the last word, insist on having the last word.

Refusal

Noun: refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance; denial; declining; Verb: declension;

Resolution

Mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance; a; tenacity; obstinacy; bulldog; British lion.

Crosswords: Denial

Never underestimate the power of denial. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Denial is not just a river in England (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick)

Okay, that's denial. That comes before anger (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

This chick, man, without the sole benefit of dying herself, has broken down the process of dying into five stages: anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance (All That Jazz; writing credit: Robert Alan Aurthur; Bob Fosse)

We'll find her but when we find her nothing will break her denial, it's stronger than her love in fact reinforced by her love (What Dreams May Come; writing credit: Ronald Bass)

Yeah, a denial ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"; performing artist: Nirvana)

Through living in denial (Fighter; performing artist: CHRISTINA AGUILERA)

Well he makes up in denial (Pretty Fly; performing artist: The Offspring)

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The Denial (1925)

Denial (2001)

Official Denial (1994)

Holocaust Denial Vs. Freedom of Speech (1994)

Denial (1990)

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Books

• A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present (reference)

• Death without Denial, Grief without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss (reference)

• Denial Is Not a River in Egypt (reference)

• Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire or 1906 (reference)

• Extreme Denial (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Denial (reference)

• Official Denial (reference)

• Ufos-50 Years of Denial (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• In Denial (reference)

• Moments in Denial (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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We have now announced that such segregation is a denial of the equal protection of the laws. (reference)

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She would not take a denial.

They insisted, but she was obstinate in her denial.

Stephen made a vague gesture of denial.

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Health

Common reactions are denial, anger, guilt, grief, fear, and confusion. (references)

Poor prognosis is related to respiratory complications before 1 year of age, malnutrition, and denial of the condition. (references)

Specific goals for this therapy emphasize emotional support, providing explanations of the injury and its effects, helping to achieve self-esteem in the context of realistic self-assessment, reducing denial, and increasing ability to relate to family and society. (references)

Business

This pressure has led to the denial of admission to over 600 otherwise qualified students this year, a situation that has had severe political repercussions. (references)

Children

Jamaica

Persons with Disabilities No laws mandate accessibility for persons with disabilities, and they have encountered discrimination in employment and denial of access to schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

Bernal then appealed the denial. (references)

Malaysia

Supporters of the Socialist Party claimed that the denial was politically motivated and filed an appeal. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

There is little apparent denial of national treatment for foreign firms. (references)

Kazakhstan

Despite the general guarantee, at present, there exists a possibility of denial of national treatment in the petroleum and subsurface utilization (minerals) sectors. (references)

Eritrea

Foreign investors do not face unfavorable tax treatment, denial of licenses, discriminatory import or export policies, or inequitable tariff and non-tariff barriers. (references)

Human Rights

Egypt

Any denial of this right is grounds for appeal of the ruling. (references)

Syria

Overcrowding and the denial of sufficient nourishment occur at several prisons. (references)

Oman

Delays or denial of permission have resulted in secret marriages within the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

NGO's assert that violations of the rights of indigenous people are frequent in the mining and logging areas, and that violations stem from the Government's denial of ownership by indigenous people of ancestral land, erosion of indigenous groups' traditional social structure, and forced takeover of land. (references)

Minorities

Tanzania

The other three plaintiffs and the 750 tribe members also appealed the denial of their case. (references)

Netherlands

Most complaints concerned the labor market, including denial of promotion, discrimination in the work place, unequal pay, and dismissal. (references)

Political Economy

Marshall Islands

There were occasional instances of denial of due process for detainees. (references)

Zambia

Women continued to experience discrimination in both law and fact, including the denial of widows' inheritance rights. (references)

NIGERIA

Trade unionists have complained, however, that the judicial system's slow handling of labor cases constitutes a denial of redress. (references)

Political Rights

Egypt

Decisions of the Parties Committee may be appealed to the civil courts; however, if a court overturns a denial, the party is not registered automatically. (references)

Syria

Such restrictions include a prohibition against engaging in political activity, the denial of passports, and a bar on accepting government jobs and some other forms of employment. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

Appeals following the Ministry of Trade and Tourism's denial of a license must be made in writing to the Minister of Trade and Tourism within five days after the issuance of the decision. (references)

Women

Switzerland

Individual cases of denial of equal pay for equal work are subject to the law. (references)

Papua New Guinea

The courts have ruled that such settlements are a denial of the women's constitutional rights. (references)

Oman

Female employees in the Government have sought administrative redress for alleged denial of promotion in favor of less capable men. (references)

Worker Rights

Chad

The International Labor Organization (ILO) Committee of Experts has cited the Government for its denial of the right to establish an organization without prior approval. (references)

Indonesia

Therefore, sudden strikes usually result from longstanding grievances, attempts by employers to prevent the formation of union branches, or denial of legally mandated benefits or rights. (references)

Burundi

The Committee of Experts has expressed specific concern about the denial of trade union rights for public servants and juveniles, the election of trade union leaders, and the rights of unions to organize, administer activities, and defend the interests of their members. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "denial": access denial ♦ Active Denial Technology ♦ blank denial ♦ constructive denial ♦ Denial (Psychology) ♦ denial measure ♦ denial of access ♦ Denial of one's self ♦ denial og god ♦ emphatic denial ♦ flat denial ♦ give denial to ♦ i'll take no denial ♦ outright denial ♦ point blank denial ♦ self denial ♦ take no denial. Additional references.

Ending with "denial": life-denial, self-denial.

Albanian

refuzim (disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, nay, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, renouncement, repulse, set down, spurn), përgënjeshtrim (confutation, counterblast, disproof, impugnment, refutation), mospranim (challenge, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, nay, non-acceptance, objection, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, spurn), mohim (abnegation, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, negative, no, recantation, retractation), abdikim (abdication, demise, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفي (banishment, deportation, disclaimer, negation, relegation, transportation), ‏نكران الذات (self abnegation, self denial), ‏تكذيب (contradiction), ‏إنكار (contradiction, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, odium, refusal, renunciation), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отричане (abnegation, denouncement, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, proscription, recantation, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, retractation, retraction, traverse), отказване (abnegation, back track, backtrack, disavowal, disclamation, recantation, relinquishment, remise, remission, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, retractation), отказ (abandonment, declination, nay, negative, no, refusal, rejection, repulse, surrender, thumbs down, traverse), опровергаване (contradiction, rebuttal, refutation), опровержение (contradiction, contradictory, disclaimer, disproof, rebuttal, refutation). (various references)

Chinese 

否认 (Abnegation, Denied, Deny, Denying, Disavow, Disavowed, Disavowing, Disclaim, Disclaimed, Disclaiming). (various references)

Czech

dementi (disclaimer), popření (disavowal, negation), odmítnutí (adamant, brush off, nay, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repulse), odepření (refusal). (various references)

Danish

fornægten (disavowal), benægtelse (disavowal, disclaimer). (various references)

Dutch

loochening (abnegation). (various references)

Farsi 

حاشا (Never), تکذیب (Disproof, Rebuttal, Refutation), عدم پذیرش , انکار (Disavow, Disavowal, Gainsay, Repudiation), رد (Disavow, Disavowal, Disproof, Exception, Rebuff, Rebuttal, Refusal, Rejection, Repulse, Veto). (various references)

Finnish

kielto (abnegation, ban, prohibition, refusal), kieltäminen (forbidding, negation), epäys (refusal). (various references)

French

désaveu, déni, dénégation (deny), démenti, reniement, rejet, répudiation, réfutation, interruption de service (denial of service), interruption (denial of service), contestation, abnégation (self denial). (various references)

German

Verweigerung (refusal), verleugnung (abnegation, disownment, renouncement, renunciation), Leugnen (abnegate, deny, forswear, gainsay, renounce, to deny), Aberkennung. (various references)

Greek 

άρνηση (disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, negative, rebuff, refusal). (various references)

Hebrew 

שליל�" (deprivation, fault, negation, prevention, privation, refusal), קפוח (deprivation, discrimination, injustice), כפיר�" (agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, disbelief, heresy, unbelief), �"תכחשות (alienation, contradiction, disavowal, renunciation, retraction), �"פרכ�" (contradicting, disproof, rebuttal, refutation), �"כחש�" (disproval, rebuttal). (various references)

Hungarian

tagadás (negation, negative, no, noes, traverse, traversing), kétségbevonás (impeachment, impugnment), el nem ismerés (disavowal), cáfolat (contradiction, dementi, disclaimer, disproof, rebuttal, refutation). (various references)

Indonesian

penolakan (declination, disclaimer, refusal), kemungkiran (disavowal), kemungkaran (disavowal), ingkar (disavow, negation, refuse). (various references)

Italian

rifiuto (cancellation, disaffirmation, disallowance, dross, junk, nay, no, rebuff, refusal, refuse, rejection, repulse, spurn, waste), negazione (negation, negative, no, refusal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

抹殺 (erasure, ignoring an opinion, obliteration), �'否 (refusal, rejection, veto). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょひ (approval and disapproval, great cost, refusal, rejection, veto), ひに�" (beggar, contraception, disapproval, negation, outcast, repudiation), ひてい (negation, repudiation), まっさつ (erasure, ignoring, obliteration), うちけし (negation, negative). (various references)

Korean 

부� � (Denying, INJUSTICE, Negation, Negative, no, wrong). (various references)

Manx

obbal (abnegate; refusal, abnegation, abstain, abstention, decline, denounce, denunciation, deny, disavow, disavowal, disclaim, disown, forbid, go against, jib, negate, negation, refuse, refusing, refutation, refute, self-denial, turn down, turn down refuse). (various references)

Norwegian

benektelse, avslag. (various references)

Pig Latin

enialday.(various references)

Portuguese

desmentido (contradiction, dementi, lie, retractation). (various references)

Romanian

dezminţire (refutation), dezicere (forfeiture, recantation), tãgadã, tãgãduire (denying, disavowal, disclaimer, negation), refuz (declination, nay, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation), negare (denying, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, refutation). (various references)

Russian 

отрицание (abnegation, disavowal, negation, negative, no, repudiation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

demant (dementi), poricanje (disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, retractation, retraction, traverse), odbijanje (disallowance, image degradation, nay, reflection, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, set down, setdown, snub). (various references)

Spanish

desmentido (disavowal, disclaimer). (various references)

Swedish

förnekande (abnegation, denying, disavowal, disclamation, negation, renunciation, repudiation), avslag (denia, rebuff, refusal, rejection). (various references)

Turkish

yalanlama (confutation, contradiction, disclaimer, impugnment, refutation), tekzip (refutation), ret (defeat, disallowance, disavowal, nay, negation, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), reddetme (brushoff, challenge, declination, disavowal, dismissal, nonacceptance, non-acceptance, refusal, rejection), red (defeat, disallowance, disavowal, nay, negation, negative, no, refusal, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), inkâr (abnegation, contest, contestation, contradiction, denegation, dereliction, disallowance, disavowal, ignoring, impugnment, nay, negation, refusal, repudiation). (various references)

Ukrainian

спростування (disproof, impugnment, refutation), відхилення (aberration, challenge, declension, declination, departure, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursus, incurvation, negative, rejection, swerve), відмова (abandonment, abjuration, brush off, denegation, disallowance, disclaimer, malfunction, nay, nay-say, negative, no, recession, refusal, relinquishment, repulse, surrender, waiver), зречення (abdication, abjuration, abnegation, demission, repudiation, retraction), заперечення (answer, but, demur, denegation, deprecation, disavowal, disclaimer, exception, impugnment, nay-say, negative, no, objection, opposition, plea, protest, rejoinder, repudiation, retort). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự từ chối (non-compliance, refusal, repudiation), sự khước từ (denegation, non-compliance, refusal), sự không nhận (disallowance, disavowal, non-acceptance, renunciation). (various references)

Welsh

ymwadiad (abnegation), naca+d (refusal), gwadiad, gwad (disavowal). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "denial": denials. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Denial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adenyl, danaid, danair, danican, danieli, daniell, Daniil, Danjal, Danyal, defial, Dehiwala, deila, Demiral, denail, denali, D'enea, Denhall, Denia, deniau, deniel, denil, denile, deninal, Deniol, Denita, dennie, Denofa, Densil, dentical, denyal, denyl, depia, devia, Deziel, dinal, Dinyar, Douniam, duncical, edpial, Odendaal, Odenwald, penial, senial, xenial, Zdenka. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alined, nailed.

-1 letter: ailed, alien, aline, anile, elain, eland, ideal, laden, liane, lined, naled, nidal.

-2 letters: aide, anil, dale, deal, dean, deil, deli, deni, dial, diel, dine, elan, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lain, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, lied, lien, line, nail, nide.

-3 letters: aid, ail, ain, ale, and, ane, ani, dal, del, den, die.

+1 letter: aliened, aligned, aliunde, annelid, anviled, dealing, delaine, denials, inhaled, inlaced, leading, lindane, plained, snailed, unideal.

+2 letters: alcidine, annelids, anvilled, bidental, bilander, bindable, blindage, calcined, canfield, dateline, dawnlike, deadline, dealings, delaines, delating, delation, delaying, deniable, deniably, dentalia, dentinal, divalent, dragline, dulcinea, endemial, enfilade, entailed, finagled, findable, finialed, gliadine, handlike, hardline, headline, inflamed, inflated, inlander, inwalled, islanded, islander, ladening, landline, landmine, landside, leadings, lindanes, lineated, maidenly, maligned, mandible, medaling, medianly, melanoid, nailhead, nonideal, palinode, panicled, pantiled, pedaling, pineland, pleading, renailed, sandlike, sandpile, signaled, tideland, unallied, unhailed, unnailed, windable.