Denial synonyms
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Part of speech:
The state of being rejected.
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
avowal (antonym)
Open acknowledgment or declaration
confession (antonym)
An admission that one has committed a crime or any other incriminating statement made by a person.
A condition in which things tend to be contrary to each other; inconsistency; discrepancy
Refusal to recognize a situation
A refusal to accept responsibility; disavowal
Something that refutes, as an argument
The act or process of negating.
The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.
An order or notice of discharge.
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.
Refusal to recognize a situation
Refusal to recognize a situation
Repudiation of self or other.
refusal to recognize
Refusal to recognize a situation
refusal to acknowledge
Refusal to recognize a situation
Disbelief is defined as an unwillingness to accept something as true.
Dissent is defined as a disagreement in opinion.
The act of disapproving, an expression of condemnation.
acknowledgment (antonym)
(Law) The formal avowal of an act before a legally empowered officer, such as a judge or notary public, to ensure that the act will be legally recognized.
opposition (related)
(Law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
refusal (related)
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.
The definition of categorical is something that is absolute or without conditions, or that is related to classes or divisions.
disclamatory
Being in the nature of a disclamation
renunciatory
Serving to renounce; rebellious, contrary.
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle. [Mid 17th century.]
The act of voluntarily doing without some or all food, drink, or other pleasures
disacknowledgment
(Law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
disavowal
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
To give up (rights, allegiance, etc.) under oath; renounce
The definition of abnegate is to not allow yourself something.
To speak in denial; oppose verbally
To raise arguments against; voice opposition to.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
To disapprove is defined as to disagree with or be against something, or to express the fact that you are against something instead of in favor of it.
Disavow is defined as to deny any association or responsibility.
To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
To contradict
To make negative:
To contradict, refute, or oppose, esp. in a formal manner by argument, proof, etc., as in a debate
To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
(Card Games) To fail to follow suit when required and able to do so; revoke
To give up, relinquish, or reject something.
To draw back:
acceptance (antonym)
The act of voluntarily agreeing, expressly or by implication, to the terms of an offer, thereby creating a contract. However, if the act modifies or adds to the terms of the offer, it is not an acceptance, but a counteroffer. See also offer. To accept delivery of property or to otherwise agree, expressly or by implication, to become its owner, either in exchange for the performance of a contractual obligation or the completion of an inter vivos gift. See also contract and gift. The receipt of a check or other negotiable instrument by a bank or another drawee.
affirmation (antonym)
The definition of affirmation is the act of confirming something to be true, or is a written or oral statement that confirms something is true.
agreement (antonym)
Harmony of opinion; accord:
vouching (antonym)
dismissal, refusal of belief in statement
approval (antonym)
The definition of approval is accepting something or permitting something.
corroboration (antonym)
That which corroborates.
claim (antonym)
(Law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Something that is folded down, as on a garment.
The product or result of traversing
accept (related)
A turning down of a request
affirm (related)
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or charge
Self abnegation is a person putting their needs and wants aside for the sake of others.
Denial or sacrifice of one's own desires or pleasures
Renunciation of one's own interests or desires, esp. for the benefit of others
In a litigation, a pleading or motion denying the legal sufficiency of an adversary’s claim. The term is archaic but is still used in a few jurisdictions, where such a denial would either be included in the answer or advanced in a motion to dismiss or preliminary objections.
The act of one who forswears.
A political right to disapprove of (thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
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