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disavowal
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
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  1. A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
forswearing
The act of one who forswears.
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  1. The act of one who forswears.
repudiation
The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
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  1. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
  2. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
  3. Words or actions of a party to a contract that indicate the intention of that person to fail to carry out the contract in the future; a threat to breach a contract. Words or actions of a party to a contract that indicate the intention of that person to fail to carry out the contract in the future; a threat to breach a contract.
contradiction
One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another:
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  1. One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another:
  2. A condition in which things tend to be contrary to each other; inconsistency; discrepancy
  3. The state of being contradicted:
disclaimer
A disclaiming; denial or renunciation, as of a claim, title, etc.
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  1. A disclaiming; denial or renunciation, as of a claim, title, etc.
  2. A clause in a contract or other writing, stating that the producer or seller of product, device, or process makes no promises about its quality or performance and will not be responsible for harm resulting therefrom. A clause in a contract or other writing, stating that the producer or seller of product, device, or process makes no promises about its quality or performance and will not be responsible for harm resulting therefrom.
  3. A refusal to accept responsibility; disavowal
abnegation
Self-denial.
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  1. Self-denial.
  2. A giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation
rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. The act of rejecting.
refutation
Something that refutes, as an argument
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  1. Something that refutes, as an argument
  2. The act of refuting, or proving false or wrong; disproof
negation
The lack or opposite of some positive character or quality
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  1. The lack or opposite of some positive character or quality
  2. (Logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
  3. (Countable) A denial or contradiction.
retraction
Withdrawal, as of a statement, promise, charge, etc.
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  1. Withdrawal, as of a statement, promise, charge, etc.
  2. The act of taking back or withdrawing (a statement, a plea, an accusation, or a condition of a contract); the withdrawing or taking back of a renunciation. See also renunciation. The act of taking back or withdrawing (a statement, a plea, an accusation, or a condition of a contract); the withdrawing or taking back of a renunciation. See also renunciation.
  3. The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.
recantation
The act of recanting or something recanted
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  1. The act of recanting or something recanted
dismissal
A written or spoken statement of such an act.
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  1. A written or spoken statement of such an act.
  2. ​Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
  3. The termination of a legal proceeding by the judge, before a trial or hearing, typically on the grant of a motion to dismiss by the adverse party, or because the claimant failed to proceed with the action or comply with an order of the court, or because the claimant has agreed to end the proceeding.
renunciation
The act or an instance of renouncing:
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  1. The act or an instance of renouncing:
  2. A written statement or declaration of this
  3. Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity. Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity.
disaffirmation
Repudiation of self or other.
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  1. Repudiation of self or other.
  2. The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
disbelief
Astonishment
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  1. Astonishment
  2. Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
  3. Refusal to believe; absence of belief
rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. The act of rejecting.
veto
A document or message giving the reasons of the executive for rejecting a bill
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  1. A document or message giving the reasons of the executive for rejecting a bill
  2. The constitutional power of the chief executive of a state or nation to prevent or delay the enactment of legislation passed by the legislature:
  3. The power of the President to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless it is passed again (with a two-thirds majority) by both houses
dissent
Of a judicial decision, a non binding opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the majority’s holding; a withholding of consent to a decision or outcome; the exercise of free speech to express disagreement with a government action or policy. Of a judicial decision, a non binding opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the majority’s holding; a withholding of consent to a decision or outcome; the exercise of free speech to express disagreement with a government action or policy.
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  1. Of a judicial decision, a non binding opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the majority’s holding; a withholding of consent to a decision or outcome; the exercise of free speech to express disagreement with a government action or policy. Of a judicial decision, a non binding opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the majority’s holding; a withholding of consent to a decision or outcome; the exercise of free speech to express disagreement with a government action or policy.
  2. The rendering of a minority opinion in the decision of a law case
  3. (Law) A judicial opinion reaching a conclusion contrary to that reached by the majority of judges deciding a case; a minority opinion.
disapproval
Unfavorable opinion; condemnation
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  1. Unfavorable opinion; condemnation
  2. Failure or refusal to approve; rejection
  3. The act of disapproving, an expression of condemnation.
disallowance
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
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  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
refusal
(Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
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  1. (Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
  2. The act or an instance of refusing.
  3. Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal. Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal.
rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The act of rejecting.
  3. The state of being rejected.
turndown
One who has been turned down or rejected.
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  1. One who has been turned down or rejected.
  2. (Hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates etc. on the pillow.
  3. A rejection; rebuff
contradiction
One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another:
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  1. One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another:
  2. The state of being contradicted:
  3. A condition in which things tend to be contrary to each other; inconsistency; discrepancy
disaffirmance
(Law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
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  1. (Law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
disaffirmation
Repudiation of self or other.
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  1. Repudiation of self or other.
  2. The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
disclaimer
(Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
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  1. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
  2. A clause in a contract or other writing, stating that the producer or seller of product, device, or process makes no promises about its quality or performance and will not be responsible for harm resulting therefrom. A clause in a contract or other writing, stating that the producer or seller of product, device, or process makes no promises about its quality or performance and will not be responsible for harm resulting therefrom.
  3. A refusal to accept responsibility; disavowal
negation
A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.
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  1. A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.
  2. (Logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
  3. (Countable) A denial or contradiction.
rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. The act of rejecting.
traversal
The act of traversing; a crossing
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  1. The act of traversing; a crossing
  2. The product or result of traversing
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  • Any denial would be immediately detected as a lie, anyway.

  • We're still working with Hannah.  She's in denial about everything.  I almost pity the girl.

  • Determinism had other forms besides that of a crude materialism, and the direction that Malebranche succeeded in giving to speculation led only to the more complete denial of freedom and individuality in the all-devouring pantheism of Spinoza.

  • You're in denial about Wynn.

  • You're in denial about dying.

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